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This volume presents coherent research on the mortality patterns of the three largest Hispanic subgroups and, in the process, helps dispel many anecdotal and romanticized notions about Hispanic health and illness.

?Rosenwaike draws a thorough demographic portrait of the extremely old segment of the population (age 85 or older) in the US, the group that has continued to grow at a more rapid rate than other age groups since 1940. His study exemplifies descriptive demography at its finest, written by a well-recognized and skilled demographer. Using census data from 1900 to 1980, Rosenwaike examines sex, race, ethnicity, marital status, education, income, p...

The definitive reference work on the demographic history of our nation's largest city. Two major elements--the text and the tables--provide a broad perspective of population development, viewing the statistical dimensions of three centuries of change from earliest settlement to 1970. New York City has not only grown in size for three hundred years, but each phase of its history has brought new elements into its citizenry. Sociologically, New Y...