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Colorado is one of just three states where Latinos don’t outlive white residents. Why?

Liver disease, diabetes and overdoses raise Latinos’ death rate, reversing “Hispanic paradox” in this state

Nurse Yesenia Aguirre, right, gives a COVID-19 vaccine shot to Fancisca Chavez at the health clinic inside the Consulate of Mexico in Glendale, Colorado, on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Nurse Yesenia Aguirre, right, gives a COVID-19 vaccine shot to Fancisca Chavez at the health clinic inside the Consulate of Mexico in Glendale, Colorado, on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
DENVER, CO - MARCH 7:  Meg Wingerter - Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio.  (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
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Health researchers call it the "Hispanic paradox" that Latinos have lower mortality rates than the white population despite having lower incomes and education levels, on average, as well as less access to health care.
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