Emerging health issues facing hispanics
Emerging Health Issues Facing Hispanics Hispanics or Latinos are persons of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central-American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race. ... Census, Hispanics of all races represent 12. ... Though Hispanic communities can be found throughout Florida, the Northeast, and other parts of the country, the greatest concentrations of Hispanics are in the southwestern states from Texas to California. The states with the greatest concentration of Hispanics are New Mexico, California, Texas, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, and Florida. ... in 2000 for Hispanics or Latinos: 1. ... Risk factors seem to be more common among Hispanics than non-Hispanic whites. ... These factors include: the rising prevalence of obesity in the United States (an estimated 97 million American adults are overweight or obese); the relatively low levels of physical activity among American adults (approximately 25 percent of adult Americans engage in regular physical activity of any intensity); increasing age of the population; the rapid growth in the United States of populations that are particularly susceptible to Type II diabetes are African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, Pacific Islanders, and Asians.