http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/health-paradox Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Tue, 05 May 2026 11:14:28 -0400 Tue, 05 May 2026 11:14:28 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/663/the-mexican-american-health-paradox-the-collective-influence-of-sociocultural-factors-on-hispanic-health-outcomes By Merit P. George - According to recent statistics published by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2011, Hispanics in the United States tend to outlive non-Hispanic whites by almost three years. Specifically, the life expectancy at birth for Hispanic Americans is around 81 years, while non-Hispanic whites on average live to be around 78 years of age. These facts and figures do not represent an isolated phenomenon limited to the recent past; in fact, these distinctive trends in life expectancy and mortality have occupied researchers since 1986, when Dr. Kyriakos Markides and his colleagues... Wed, 20 Nov 2013 04:21 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/663/the-mexican-american-health-paradox-the-collective-influence-of-sociocultural-factors-on-hispanic-health-outcomes