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Hispanic Health and Health Care Issues in Texas and the United States

This presentation provides insights into Hispanic health care access challenges in Texas and the United States, covering population growth, health status, insurance coverage, and implications for local health care providers.

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Hispanic Health and Health Care Issues in Texas and the United States

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  1. Hispanic Health and Health Care Issues in Texas and the United States Karl Eschbach, Ph.D. University of Texas Medical Branch

  2. Purpose • To give a context for understanding health care accessibility issues for Hispanics in Texas and the United States

  3. Topics of remarks 1) Population growth 2) Composition of the Hispanic population 3) Health status of Hispanics 4) Health care access 5) Regional burden in Texas 6) The undocumented population

  4. Hispanics as percentage of U.S. population, 1940-2004

  5. Hispanics in Texas and United States • United States, 2004: • 41.3 million; • 14.1 % • Texas, 2003: • 7.6 million • 34.2 % Source: U.S. Census Estimates Program

  6. Projected Hispanic Growth to 2040, U.S. & Texas Sources: U.S. Census Bureau; Texas State Data Center

  7. Composition • 86%+ of Texas Hispanics are Mexican origin (U.S.=60%) • 31% of Texas Hispanics are immigrants (U.S.=40%) • Hispanics have lower average education • Concentration in service work, precision production, craft, repair, construction and transportation

  8. Health status: the Hispanic Paradox • Low age-specific mortality rates for the Hispanic population of the United States compared to the non-Hispanic White population despite socio-economic disadvantage.

  9. Mortality by Hispanic Status (Sorlie et al JAMA 1993) • Standarized mortality rate ratio for Hispanics vs. Non-Hispanic Whites: .74 men .82 women • Lower heart disease and cancer mortality • Birth outcomes are similar to non-Hispanic Whites • Hispanic advantage is larger for immigrants

  10. Cause of the mortality advantage • Better health behaviors • Health selective migration

  11. Implications • Hispanics do not impose an excessive health care burden because of poor health habits, extra burden of illness, higher use of medical care

  12. Limited access to health insurance coverage • Concentration in industries and occupations with limited insurance coverage. • Unauthorized migration status limits access to public programs.

  13. Health Insurance, U.S. Hispanics, 2003 Source: National Health Interview Survey, 2003

  14. No health insurance, 2003, National data Source: National Health Interview Survey, 2003

  15. Implications of lower insurance coverage • Lower rates of health care utilization • Lower screening and immunization rates • Less likely to have a regular provider of care • Shorter survival after diagnosis • Informal cross-border health care utilization

  16. Unauthorized immigrant populations • 80%+ of recent Mexican immigrants are unauthorized • 1.4 million in Texas, 10 million in U.S. • 31 % of undocumented households include citizen children Source: Jeffrey Passel, Pew Hispanic Center

  17. Implications • Texas and the United States depend on immigrant labor • Neither employers or federal/state government take responsibility for paying for medical care • Burden falls on the local hospital districts and other providers and on the immigrants

  18. County of residence of Texas Hispanics Blue=U.S. Born Red=Immigrants

  19. Implications of regional concentration • Local concentrations of un-insured immigrant populations in major metropolitan centers burdens local hospital districts. • South Texas border communities have low coverage rates despite more native presence.

  20. Conclusions • Hispanics are a rapidly growing population • Hispanics are a relatively healthy population • Health insurance rates are far lower • Health care access is impaired • Burden on local health care providers • Trends will magnify these problems if they are not addressed

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