Oh this is really going to piss the TP'ers off!

[n2doc]

US Hispanics can expect to outlive whites, blacks by years, says first-of-its-kind CDC report

ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. Hispanics can expect to outlive whites by more than two years and blacks by more than seven, government researchers say in a startling report that is the first to calculate Hispanic life expectancy in this country.

The report released Wednesday is the strongest evidence yet of what some experts call the "Hispanic paradox" — longevity for a population with a large share of poor, undereducated members. A leading theory is that Hispanics who manage to immigrate to the U.S. are among the healthiest from their countries.

A Hispanic born in 2006 could expect to live about 80 years and seven months, the government estimates. Life expectancy for a white is about 78, and for a black, just shy of 73 years.

Researchers have seen signs of Hispanic longevity for years. But until recently, the government didn't calculate life expectancy for Hispanics as a separate group; they were included among the black and white populations. The new report projecting future life spans is based on death certificates from 2006.

more
http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/sns-ap-us-med-hispanic-longevity,0,7387642.story

We R in UR House, Livin Longer than U!

[lunatica]

1. It's the salsa

When you eat it and also dance it you live longer!

[Cirque du So-What]

4. You may be onto something, especially the diet

I bet that Hispanic longevity numbers (along with rates of diabetes, heart disease, cancer, obesity, etc.) approach the rest of the population the longer they eat a typical 'American' diet, however.

[alfredo]

5. They see Asians life expectancy drop when introduced to

a "Western Diet."

[left is right]

10. I say to all my dieting friends

‘Salsa os your friend’ low in calories very low in fat and raises your metabolic rate how can that be bad

[Odin2005]

2. It's the chilies, gotta be the chilies!

[lame54]

3. you mean the TB'ers...

hey they came up with the name
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu0UYvVm0yY

[pink-o]

6. I read the hateful comments when this was posted on CNN...

The first guy who commented said "Perhaps Latinos really aren't living longer, but their familias are continuing to collect their Social Security and Welfare Checks..."

Okay, Genius, which is it???? Are they legal and collecting SS and Welfare, or just a bunch of W--B---s taking our jobs??? And explain to me again WHY the FUCK do I have to live in a country with such idiotic pendejos????? (BTW, I'm not Latina, I'm an Ashkenazi Jew who happens to speak Spanish, since I live here in California. And I can tell ya firsthand, rubbing shoulders with Latinos has no more ruined my cultural identity than hanging out with gays has destroyed my relationships with my boyfriends!!)

[secondwind]

7. I heard about this, they say it's because they also walk more, most don't have a car, and

rice and beans is a healthier diet than fried foods, etc.

[datasuspect]

8. don't forget the tacos and anchor babies either

shoot, you could have just posted some "frito bandido" imagery while you were at it.

[bettyellen]

9. in NYC many latino immigrants bicycle everywhere, especially the men working construction

[lumberjack_jeff]

11. That work that americans don't do?

It also represents exercise.

[applegrove]

12. And Nova Scotians, or Americans descended from Nova Scotians, live to

be 100 quite often. Isn't it interesting.