Hispanic Health Paradox Essay

The results from FIG. 5. and FIG.6., further explore the effects of the Hispanic health paradox. In FIG.5., constant with all other tables about exploring percentages of diagnosis, the percentage of non-citizen’s vs citizen Hispanics who have been diagnosed with liver conditions is fairly equal, although citizens have a slightly higher chance of getting diagnosed. The surprising aspects about the association between Hispanics and liver conditions comes in the rates of recovery. Unlike the general population, where citizens recover in lower percentages, there is only a 5% gap in recovery percentages from liver conditions between citizen and non-citizen Hispanics. Thus, following the Hispanic Paradox, citizen Hispanics seem to have an advantage over the overall population in recovery
Findings suggest that the health advantage for Hispanics cannot be explain by thinking that first-generation immigrants are the ones creating the health gap. In fact, this study concludes that Hispanic citizens, who are likely to not be first generation immigrants, are the ones who gain the most. While the rate for recovery for non-citizens stay constant at around 52% and 50% for all races and Hispanics correspondently, the recovery rate for Hispanics citizens was at 45.71% while the recovery rate for other races was at 37.06%. Thus, although not establish any causation or correlation, this study points to the fact that health advantage among Hispanics is not due to the fact that people who are healthier are the ones migrating or that unhealthy people are moving back to their home country. In contrast, it shows that Hispanics who might be more stable within the U.S., and more assimilated since they have citizenship tend to benefit the most for being Hispanic. Thus, it is crucial to further explore the elements of Hispanics socio and economic backgrounds that might attribute to their health