Part 2 of a series on evidence, measurement, and uncertainty in Latino health. For decades, Hispanic Americans have often shown lower mortality and longer life expectancy than non-Hispanic White Americans despite, on average, greater socioeconomic disadvantage and barriers to healthcare. [1] This observation became known as the Hispanic paradox. When I wrote about it in my first book, Un Doctor Por Favor, what interested me most was not the paradox itself. It was the measurem
