By Jo Cavallo
Posted: 11/5/2018 3:30:12 PM
Last Updated: 11/5/2018 3:30:12 PM
Key Points
Latinos in the United States experience an increased risk of cancer death with each generation born in the United States.
The highest cancer death rate occurred among third-generation U.S.-born Latinos, followed by second-generation Latinos with one or both parents born in Mexico. The lowest cancer death rate occurred among first-generation immigrants.
The risk of dying from certain cancers, including lung, colorectal and liver cancers, was significantly higher among third-generation U.S.-born Latinos compared with the first-generation Mexico-born immigrants
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of July 2016, the Hispanic population in the United States had grown to 57.5 million, making people of Hispanic origin the nation’s largest ethnic or racial minority group. Studies have shown that U.S.-born Latinos have a higher incidence of cancer than foreign-born Latinos. To better understand the influence that acculturation and environmental factors have on cancer risks in Latinos in the United States, Setiawan et al launched a large observational study examining the cancer mortality patterns across first-generation immigrants and second- and third-generation U.S.-born Mexican Americans.
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