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One of the benefits of being an immigrant: living longer

February 22, 2011 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

A recent study tried to explain the phenomenon in which immigrants seem to have longer life expectancies than people native to the country: It’s a epidemiological mystery. In rich countries immigrants often seem to live longer than native-born residents, a fact that appears to fly in the face of public health assumptions. After all, richer and better-educated people usually tend to live longer, and in the U.S., at least, immigrants tend to be poorer, less well-educated and have poorer access […]

Categories: News Bits, Reports/Studies • Tags: Immigration, Life expectancy, smoking

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