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    LA Latinos used to have a lower death rate than white residents. Not anymore

    by Andrew J. Campa, Rong-Gong Lin II and Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times Apr 15, 2022 6 minutes
    Family and friends console each other as they gather at a service for Julio Aguilar at the Continental Funeral Home on Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020, in East Los Angeles, California.

    LOS ANGELES — For years, public health experts have observed how Latinos have overall better mortality rates than white residents, despite being more likely to have lower incomes, chronic health issues and decreased access to health care.

    Now, the historic COVID-19 pandemic has upended the so-called Latino paradox in Los Angeles County.

    For the first time in the past decade, the mortality rate for Latinos in Los Angeles County became worse than that of white residents, starting in 2020 — the first year of the pandemic — and worsening the next year.

    Latinos also suffered the highest percentage increase in death rates for all reasons among the four racial and ethnic groups analyzed by L.A. County between 2019 and 2021. The mortality rate for Latino residents in L.A. County rose by 48% over that period, growing from a rate of 511 deaths for every 100,000 Latino residents to a rate of 756.

    The increase in Latinos’ death rate was double the increase

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