title: Changes in mortality among Cubans in the United States following an episode of unscreened migration.
abstract: This paper discusses the effect of the Mariel migration, a massive boatlift from Cuba to the United States in 1980, on mortality among Cuban Americans. Estimates of the Cuban-born population in the US were made for 1979 and 1981, the years prior to and following the boatlift. A comparison of age-adjusted rates showed that while general mortality did not change greatly (an increase of only about 5%), there was a 151% increase in homicide mortality. The increase in the homicide rate among Cubans in metropolitan Miami (Dade County), the major area of concentration, was 109%; it was still greater among Cubans elsewhere (240%). The demographic differences between the Mariel migrants who settled in Dade and those who were settled elsewhere are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Social Work, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 19104.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rosenwaike
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shai
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002423:Cause of Death; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003462:Cuba / Q000208:ethnology; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009026:Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D012737:Sex Factors; D014481:United States