SOSC 2150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Urban Decay
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African americans experience higher rates of poor health, disease, and mortality. It is important to pay attention to differences within the same ethnic groups as well as other ethnic groups. Have a paradox between hispanics and asians. Africa americans have a greater chance of dying from cancer than whites because of access to health care. Life expectancy is links to the immigrant effect. Shows health status with respect to recent immigrants is better than the host nations population. Immigrants health is generally better of a canadian born person, however the immigrants health tends to decline. They lose their health the longer they stay, the result is they tend to have a worst health status. Immigration process tended to only accept those of a certain health and fitness. Selected younger and better educated immigrants, those who could successfully compete and work to build a status for themselves. (selected people who didn"t have much money and were going to have to work.
