Life Expectancy of a Farmworker

[Guest guest]

I have had a colleague ask me recently if there is an update to the

1990 Department of Labor statistic that the average life expectancy of

a farmworker is 49 years of age. Any more recent info available out

there? Please let me know. Bobbi

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Bobbi Ryder

CEO

National Center for Farmworker Health

1770 FM 967

Buda, TX 78610

512-312-5453 (direct)

512-312-5451 (Assistant, Carolyn Love)

512.312.2600 (fax)

http://www.ncfh.org

[Guest guest]

My question has long been, has any one ever found an original citation for

this " statistic " ? I once tried to verify it, feeling that it does our cause

more harm than good to make such a claim that was unsubstantiated. But I

could only find references to testimony at congressional hearings, not a

research study per se. I'd be interested to know if you or anyone has such a

reference for the " 49 years " life expectancy that is so often cited. Thanks!

Bauer

Community Health Partnership of IL

sbauerchp@...

[Guest guest]

I am currently writing a masters paper on this

subject, and after a lot of research I still haven't

found anything more recent than the 1990 statistics.

It's quite possible that this was the last time anyone

bothered to find out about migrant worker life

expectancy. But if I come across anything more recent

I'll let you know.

--- Bobbi Ryder <ryder@...> wrote:

> I have had a colleague ask me recently if there is

> an update to the

> 1990 Department of Labor statistic that the average

> life expectancy of

> a farmworker is 49 years of age. Any more recent

> info available out

> there? Please let me know. Bobbi

>

> --

> Bobbi Ryder

> CEO

>

> National Center for Farmworker Health

> 1770 FM 967

> Buda, TX 78610

>

> 512-312-5453 (direct)

> 512-312-5451 (Assistant, Carolyn Love)

> 512.312.2600 (fax)

>

> http://www.ncfh.org

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Could some send the reference to the 1990 statistic. I would be very

interested in how that statistic was calculated. It seems very low to me

even given the excess risk for farm workers.

Sherry

Sherry Baron, M.D., M.P.H.

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

4676 Columbia Parkway R-10

Cincinnati, OH 45226

Tel 513 458-7159

FAX 513 458-7105

email SBaron@...

-----Original Message-----

From: Louise Tokarsky [mailto:monjagitana@...]

Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 9:04 AM

Subject: Re: [ ] Life Expectancy of a Farmworker

I am currently writing a masters paper on this

subject, and after a lot of research I still haven't

found anything more recent than the 1990 statistics.

It's quite possible that this was the last time anyone

bothered to find out about migrant worker life

expectancy. But if I come across anything more recent

I'll let you know.

--- Bobbi Ryder <ryder@...> wrote:

> I have had a colleague ask me recently if there is

> an update to the

> 1990 Department of Labor statistic that the average

> life expectancy of

> a farmworker is 49 years of age. Any more recent

> info available out

> there? Please let me know. Bobbi

>

> --

> Bobbi Ryder

> CEO

>

> National Center for Farmworker Health

> 1770 FM 967

> Buda, TX 78610

>

> 512-312-5453 (direct)

> 512-312-5451 (Assistant, Carolyn Love)

> 512.312.2600 (fax)

>

> http://www.ncfh.org

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Sherry - Many years ago, I tried to find the original data on the reported

life expectancy of farm workers (ca. 49 years) and was unable to find a

reliable source. Unfortunately, I did not keep my notes, so you'll have to

start afresh. It would be a useful service to hired farm workers and to

the community of researchers in general to track this down and either

confirm or discredit that reported value.

Warm regards,

Don Villarejo

At 09:45 AM 12/21/01 -0500, Baron, Sherry wrote:

>Could some send the reference to the 1990 statistic. I would be very

>interested in how that statistic was calculated. It seems very low to me

>even given the excess risk for farm workers.

>

>Sherry

>

>Sherry Baron, M.D., M.P.H.

>National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

>4676 Columbia Parkway R-10

>Cincinnati, OH 45226

>

>Tel 513 458-7159

>FAX 513 458-7105

>email SBaron@...

>

>-----Original Message-----

>From: Louise Tokarsky [mailto:monjagitana@...]

>Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 9:04 AM

>

>Subject: Re: [ ] Life Expectancy of a Farmworker

>

>

>I am currently writing a masters paper on this

>subject, and after a lot of research I still haven't

>found anything more recent than the 1990 statistics.

>It's quite possible that this was the last time anyone

>bothered to find out about migrant worker life

>expectancy. But if I come across anything more recent

>I'll let you know.

>--- Bobbi Ryder <ryder@...> wrote:

>> I have had a colleague ask me recently if there is

>> an update to the

>> 1990 Department of Labor statistic that the average

>> life expectancy of

>> a farmworker is 49 years of age. Any more recent

>> info available out

>> there? Please let me know. Bobbi

>>

>> --

>> Bobbi Ryder

>> CEO

>>

>> National Center for Farmworker Health

>> 1770 FM 967

>> Buda, TX 78610

>>

>> 512-312-5453 (direct)

>> 512-312-5451 (Assistant, Carolyn Love)

>> 512.312.2600 (fax)

>>

>> http://www.ncfh.org

>>

>>

>>

>

>

>__________________________________________________

>

[Guest guest]

I don't have a particular statistic, but you may want to log onto

http://www.cdc.gov/.

I keyed in migrant in the search engine and over 700 citations came up.

Most of the dates that I checked were fairly recent. With a little more

research, you may find some beneficial materials.

Best wishes on your project.

A. Harding, M.A., Public Health Advisor

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment

Division of State and Community Assistance

301-443-2347

301-443-8345 (fax)

[Guest guest]

The one fallacy in all of this is that when we say Hispanic Martality rate, one must focus on a particular nationality. The infant mortality rate for Mexican Americans is the same as the general population.

[Guest guest]

-

This is the first I have heard this statistic quoted and I would be

extremely cautious about using it. It is almost impossible for the average

life expectancy for any adult working population to be so low and it would

be extremely challanging to conduct a decent scientific study that measured

life expectancy for the hired farm worker population. I have been involved

in a discussion similar to this but involving a completely different worker

population. In that case someone looked at the average age of death of a

group of relatively young workers and found that among those who were dead

the average age of death was in the 50's. Since the worker group was all

young naturally everyone who had died was also young but this has nothing to

do with the life expectancy of the group since most of them were still alive

and well. Perhaps this number comes from some similar analysis. I am

certain that the DOL would not have conducted a study on life expectancy

since it is not part of their mandate. I would be happy to review any

references anyone has for the scientific aspects of the data analysis.

happy holidays everyone

Sherry

Sherry Baron, M.D., M.P.H.

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

4676 Columbia Parkway R-10

Cincinnati, OH 45226

Tel 513 458-7159

FAX 513 458-7105

email SBaron@...

-----Original Message-----

From: sbauerchp@... [mailto:sbauerchp@...]

Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 11:19 AM

Subject: Re: [ ] Life Expectancy of a Farmworker

My question has long been, has any one ever found an original citation for

this " statistic " ? I once tried to verify it, feeling that it does our cause

more harm than good to make such a claim that was unsubstantiated. But I

could only find references to testimony at congressional hearings, not a

research study per se. I'd be interested to know if you or anyone has such

a

reference for the " 49 years " life expectancy that is so often cited. Thanks!

Bauer

Community Health Partnership of IL

sbauerchp@...

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[Guest guest]

Hi ,

You took the words from my mouth. I have been trying to find the source for

this " allegation " for at least 25 years.

The Hispanic/Latino infant mortality rate, which has the biggest influence

on the " life-averaging " statistic calculated as life expectancy, is in

between that of blacks and whites (closer to whites) according to data from

the office of minority health.

Best,

n (Moses)

pec@...

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Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 8:19 AM

Subject: Re: [ ] Life Expectancy of a Farmworker

> My question has long been, has any one ever found an original citation for

> this " statistic " ? I once tried to verify it, feeling that it does our

cause

> more harm than good to make such a claim that was unsubstantiated. But I

> could only find references to testimony at congressional hearings, not a

> research study per se. I'd be interested to know if you or anyone has

such a

> reference for the " 49 years " life expectancy that is so often cited.

Thanks!

>

> Bauer

> Community Health Partnership of IL

> sbauerchp@...

>

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