Hispanic paradox – Wikipedia

Hispanic paradox – Wikipedia

The Hispanic paradox is an epidemiological finding that Hispanic Americans tend to have health outcomes that "paradoxically" are comparable to, or in some cases better than, those of their U.S. non-Hispanic White counterparts, even though Hispanics have lower average income and education. Low socioeconomic status is almost universally associated with worse population health and higher death rates everywhere in the world. The paradox usually refers in particular to low mortality among Hispanics in the United States relative to non-Hispanic Whites. According to the Center for Disease Control's 2015 Vital Signs report, Hispanics in the United States had a 24% lower risk of mortality, as well as lower risk for nine of the fifteen leading causes of death as compared to Whites.

There are multiple hypotheses which aim to determine the reason for the existence of this paradox. Some attribute the Hispanic paradox to biases created by patterns or selection in migration. One such hypothesis is the Salmon Bias, which suggests that Hispanics tend to return home towards the end of their lives, ultimately rendering an individual "statistically immortal" and thus artificially lowering mortality for Hispanics in the United States. Another hypothesis in this group is that of the Healthy Migrant, which attributes the better health of Hispanics to the assumption that the healthiest and strongest members of a population are most likely to migrate

Other hypotheses around the Hispanic paradox maintain that the phenomenon is real, and is caused by sociocultural factors which characterize the Hispanic population. Many of these factors can be described under the more broad categories of cultural values, interpersonal context, and community context. Some health researchers attribute the Hispanic paradox to different eating habits, especially the relatively high intake of legumes such as beans and lentils.

Observations on DACs

I was curious about the political winners and losers under New York’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, which mandates disadvantaged communities receive at least 35% of state spending on clean energy and energy efficiency programs. “Designated as DAC” is the percentage of the district’s population that lives in a designated DAC 2019 Census tract. This analysis was done using simple point-on-polygon analysis using R and the NYS GIS REST/Services.

Roughly 37% of the state’s population lives in a DAC tract. But as Democratic districts are generally poorer and more urban, 45% of Assembly districts represented by Democrats’ population reside in DAC tracts, while 15% of Assembly districts represented by Republicans’ population reside in DAC tracts.

Counties

County Designated as DAC
Bronx 89.39%
Montgomery 67.41%
Orleans 62.36%
Orange 52.75%
Ulster 48.01%
Sullivan 46.10%
New York 45.09%
Kings 44.92%
Dutchess 44.18%
Westchester 43.39%
Niagara 42.53%
Wayne 38.49%
Queens 35.67%
Broome 32.15%
Monroe 31.82%
Onondaga 30.99%
Schenectady 29.22%
Oswego 29.15%
Chautauqua 29.14%
Greene 28.64%
Chemung 28.22%
Richmond 28.19%
Rensselaer 27.87%
Cayuga 27.84%
Rockland 27.53%
Madison 25.96%
Albany 25.66%
Seneca 25.37%
Yates 25.14%
Erie 24.57%
Cortland 24.14%
Oneida 23.85%
St. Lawrence 23.79%
Genesee 19.29%
Fulton 19.23%
Cattaraugus 17.79%
Columbia 17.34%
Nassau 16.70%
Franklin 16.54%
Tioga 16.38%
Suffolk 16.28%
Allegany 15.87%
Jefferson 13.11%
Ontario 12.68%
Steuben 12.48%
Herkimer 12.42%
Delaware 12.07%
Clinton 10.13%
Washington 7.52%
Warren 6.88%
Tompkins 6.77%
Chenango 6.35%
Otsego 4.68%
Livingston 4.61%
Essex 0.00%
Hamilton 0.00%
Lewis 0.00%
Putnam 0.00%
Saratoga 0.00%
Schoharie 0.00%
Schuyler 0.00%
Wyoming 0.00%

Senate Districts

Member SD Party Designated as DAC
Luis R. SepΓΊlveda 32 Democratic 100.00%
Julia Salazar 18 Democratic 92.27%
Cordell Cleare 30 Democratic 88.90%
JosΓ© M. Serrano 29 Democratic 88.00%
Nathalia Fernandez 34 Democratic 86.87%
Robert Jackson 31 Democratic 85.86%
Gustavo Rivera 33 Democratic 82.02%
Jamaal T. Bailey 36 Democratic 79.70%
Jabari Brisport 25 Democratic 77.52%
Jessica Ramos 13 Democratic 70.61%
Jessica Scarcella-Spanton 23 Democratic 69.85%
Roxanne J. Persaud 19 Democratic 67.82%
Timothy M. Kennedy 63 Democratic 60.96%
Robert Rolison 39 Republican 56.84%
Andrea Stewart-Cousins 35 Democratic 55.06%
James Sanders Jr. 10 Democratic 52.21%
Kevin Thomas 6 Democratic 48.79%
Jeremy A. Cooney 56 Democratic 46.08%
Rachel May 48 Democratic 43.25%
James Skoufis 42 Democratic 41.13%
Zellnor Myrie 20 Democratic 40.28%
Michelle Hinchey 41 Democratic 40.07%
Brian Kavanagh 27 Democratic 39.70%
Robert G. Ortt 62 Republican 38.90%
Kristen Gonzalez 59 Democratic 37.62%
Monica R. Martinez 4 Democratic 35.18%
Joseph P. Addabbo Jr 15 Democratic 33.17%
Andrew Gounardes 26 Democratic 30.53%
Neil D. Breslin 46 Democratic 28.13%
Michael Gianaris 12 Democratic 27.85%
William Weber Jr. 38 Republican 27.43%
Shelley B. Mayer 37 Democratic 26.97%
Samra G. Brouk 55 Democratic 25.80%
Toby Ann Stavisky 11 Democratic 25.29%
Lea Webb 52 Democratic 24.14%
Jacob Ashby 43 Republican 23.13%
Joseph A. Griffo 53 Republican 22.54%
Pete Harckham 40 Democratic 21.34%
Dean Murray 3 Republican 21.25%
George M. Borrello 57 Republican 19.77%
Thomas F. O’Mara 58 Republican 19.36%
Peter Oberacker 51 Republican 19.23%
John W. Mannion 50 Democratic 18.97%
Brad Hoylman-Sigal 47 Democratic 18.12%
Pamela Helming 54 Republican 17.91%
Leroy Comrie 14 Democratic 17.55%
John C. Liu 16 Democratic 16.90%
Mark Walczyk 49 Republican 16.36%
Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick 9 Republican 15.77%
Iwen Chu 17 Democratic 15.48%
James Tedisco 44 Republican 13.50%
Sean M. Ryan 61 Democratic 13.32%
Anthony H. Palumbo 1 Republican 12.46%
Kevin S. Parker 21 Democratic 12.38%
Daniel G. Stec 45 Republican 10.47%
Simcha Felder 22 Democratic 8.69%
Alexis Weik 8 Republican 6.99%
Andrew J. Lanza 24 Republican 5.70%
Liz Krueger 28 Democratic 5.45%
Jack M. Martins 7 Republican 4.06%
Patrick M. Gallivan 60 Republican 3.12%
Mario R. Mattera 2 Republican 2.48%
Steven D. Rhoads 5 Republican 1.82%

Assembly District

Member Party Designated as DAC
Maritza Davila 53 Democratic 100.00%
Erik M. Dilan 54 Democratic 100.00%
Latrice Walker 55 Democratic 100.00%
Latoya Joyner 77 Democratic 100.00%
Chantel Jackson 79 Democratic 100.00%
Kenny Burgos 85 Democratic 100.00%
Yudelka Tapia 86 Democratic 100.00%
Amanda Septimo 84 Democratic 99.82%
Nikki Lucas 60 Democratic 96.49%
George Alvarez 78 Democratic 95.36%
Karines Reyes 87 Democratic 93.62%
Inez Dickens 70 Democratic 91.31%
Stefani Zinerman 56 Democratic 90.87%
Al Taylor 71 Democratic 90.52%
J. Gary Pretlow 89 Democratic 90.33%
Michael Benedetto 82 Democratic 87.67%
Demond Meeks 137 Democratic 87.28%
Edward Gibbs 68 Democratic 87.07%
Manny De Los Santos 72 Democratic 85.18%
Jonathan G. Jacobson 104 Democratic 83.48%
Taylor Darling 18 Democratic 81.97%
John Zaccaro Jr. 80 Democratic 81.34%
Jeffrion L. Aubry 35 Democratic 75.81%
Nader J Sayegh 90 Democratic 73.80%
Carl E. Heastie 83 Democratic 73.68%
Crystal D. Peoples-Stokes 141 Democratic 73.22%
Emily Gallagher 50 Democratic 68.62%
Grace Lee 65 Democratic 68.52%
Marcela Mitaynes 51 Democratic 68.20%
Khaleel Anderson 31 Democratic 64.31%
Zohran Mamdani 36 Democratic 63.94%
Aileen Gunther 100 Democratic 62.69%
Charles D. Fall 61 Democratic 62.38%
William B. Magnarelli 129 Democratic 61.69%
Jessica GonzΓ‘lez-Rojas 34 Democratic 60.48%
Vivian E. Cook 32 Democratic 58.65%
Catalina Cruz 39 Democratic 54.06%
Phara Souffrant Forrest 57 Democratic 53.31%
Steven Otis 91 Democratic 52.91%
John T. McDonald, III 108 Democratic 51.55%
Jeffrey Dinowitz 81 Democratic 50.18%
Angelo Santabarbara 111 Democratic 47.11%
Stacey Pheffer Amato 23 Democratic 46.85%
Pamela J. Hunter 128 Democratic 46.47%
Dana Levenberg 95 Democratic 45.65%
Sarah Clark 136 Democratic 45.12%
Alec Brook-Krasny 46 Republican 44.42%
Sarahana Shrestha 103 Democratic 44.24%
Marianne Buttenschon 119 Democratic 43.55%
Kimberly Jean-Pierre 11 Democratic 43.45%
Kenneth Zebrowski 96 Democratic 43.11%
Joe DeStefano 3 Republican 41.97%
Jenifer Rajkumar 38 Democratic 41.95%
Angelo Morinello 145 Republican 41.50%
Didi Barrett 106 Democratic 41.13%
Donna A. Lupardo 123 Democratic 40.39%
Jonathan Rivera 149 Democratic 39.18%
Christopher Eachus 99 Democratic 36.02%
Patricia Fahy 109 Democratic 35.92%
Brian Maher 101 Republican 34.43%
Ron Kim 40 Democratic 33.72%
Brian A. Cunningham 43 Democratic 33.70%
Monique Chandler-Waterman 58 Democratic 33.12%
Phil Ramos 6 Democratic 33.06%
Stephen Hawley 139 Republican 32.84%
Pat Burke 142 Democratic 32.45%
Anil Beephan Jr. 105 Republican 32.45%
David I. Weprin 24 Democratic 31.43%
Scott Gray 116 Republican 30.48%
Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn 42 Democratic 30.26%
Andy Goodell 150 Republican 30.25%
Daniel J. O’Donnell 69 Democratic 29.85%
Daniel Rosenthal 27 Democratic 28.09%
Alicia Hyndman 29 Democratic 27.92%
Harry B. Bronson 138 Democratic 26.11%
Karl Brabenec 98 Republican 26.05%
William A. Barclay 120 Republican 25.95%
Brian Manktelow 130 Republican 25.80%
Juan Ardila 37 Democratic 25.70%
Michael Novakhov 45 Republican 25.61%
Charles D. Lavine 13 Democratic 25.40%
Robert Smullen 118 Republican 24.90%
Samuel Pirozzolo 63 Republican 23.79%
Chris Burdick 93 Democratic 23.76%
Christopher S. Friend 124 Republican 23.44%
Jo Anne Simon 52 Democratic 23.24%
Michaelle C. Solages 22 Democratic 23.13%
Linda B. Rosenthal 67 Democratic 23.01%
William Conrad 140 Democratic 22.27%
Tony Simone 75 Democratic 21.98%
Steven Raga 30 Democratic 21.54%
John Lemondes 126 Republican 19.81%
Monica P. Wallace 143 Democratic 19.62%
Michael Norris 144 Republican 19.33%
Harvey Epstein 74 Democratic 19.01%
William Colton 47 Democratic 18.85%
Maryjane Shimsky 92 Democratic 18.27%
John W. McGowan 97 Republican 18.19%
Jodi Giglio 2 Republican 17.78%
Jeff Gallahan 131 Republican 17.64%
Brian Curran 21 Republican 17.03%
Eric Ari Brown 20 Republican 16.90%
Jarett Gandolfo 7 Republican 16.41%
Keith Brown 12 Republican 16.34%
Joseph M. Giglio 148 Republican 16.06%
Michael Tannousis 64 Republican 16.02%
Brian Miller 122 Republican 14.93%
Fred W. Thiele, Jr. 1 Democratic 14.83%
Amy Paulin 88 Democratic 14.09%
Anna Kelles 125 Democratic 13.83%
Josh Jensen 134 Republican 13.27%
Joe Angelino 121 Republican 13.04%
Philip A. Palmesano 132 Republican 13.03%
Billy Jones 115 Democratic 11.42%
Helene E. Weinstein 41 Democratic 11.32%
Chris Tague 102 Republican 9.58%
Deborah J. Glick 66 Democratic 9.48%
Rebecca Seawright 76 Democratic 8.33%
Lester Chang 49 Republican 7.29%
Carrie Woerner 113 Democratic 6.80%
Simcha Eichenstein 48 Democratic 6.45%
Steve Stern 10 Democratic 6.42%
Andrew Hevesi 28 Democratic 6.39%
Jaime Williams 59 Democratic 6.01%
Nily D. Rozic 25 Democratic 5.88%
Edward P. Ra 19 Republican 5.29%
John Mikulin 17 Republican 4.59%
Michael Durso 9 Republican 3.68%
Phil Steck 110 Democratic 3.60%
Edward Flood 4 Republican 2.80%
Scott H. Bendett 107 Republican 2.59%
Robert C. Carroll 44 Democratic 2.34%
Douglas M. Smith 5 Republican 2.29%
Majorie Byrnes 133 Republican 2.19%
David DiPietro 147 Republican 0.98%
Jennifer Lunsford 135 Democratic 0.84%
Michael J. Fitzpatrick 8 Republican 0.00%
David G. McDonough 14 Republican 0.00%
Jake Blumencranz 15 Republican 0.00%
Gina Sillitti 16 Democratic 0.00%
Edward C. Braunstein 26 Democratic 0.00%
Clyde Vanel 33 Democratic 0.00%
Michael Reilly 62 Republican 0.00%
Alex Bores 73 Democratic 0.00%
Matthew Slater 94 Republican 0.00%
Mary Beth Walsh 112 Republican 0.00%
Matthew Simpson 114 Republican 0.00%
Ken Blankenbush 117 Republican 0.00%
Al Stirpe 127 Democratic 0.00%
Karen McMahon 146 Democratic 0.00%