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To: LadyDoc

I think if you overlay the long lifespan of Hispanic women with smoking and obesity rates by region the map makes lots of sense. As to the experience of Hispanic women, the causes are unclear: Only the healthy immigrating? Strong social networks?


45 posted on 04/06/2013 1:10:19 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker; Dusty Road

Hispanic women have a higher rate of diabetes than white women (as do Native American...the link is that most Hispanics in the US are “metziso” with Native American blood). So I would guess diabetes might be a reason. Also Hipanic women don’t get pap smears or mammograms, so those cancers might be killing quite a few.

White women tend to have lung cancer at a high rate: the rate has gone way up because of smoking. Also breast cancer has gone way up too: either because they don’t have as many kids or from hormones or phytoestrogens in the environment....

High blood pressure is much more common in the black population, especially women, and often they are not treated, don’t take their pills because they don’t understand why they need pills because they feel okay.

As for violence: As one cop told me: The Hispanic women are beaten, but stay with their husbands. The black women are beaten, but usually throw the bum out or hit back.

I have seen a lot of domestic abuse of all sorts, but no women killed (kids killed by parents or boyfriends yes, but not women who died). So I am not an expert in this area.


93 posted on 04/07/2013 9:08:18 PM PDT by LadyDoc
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