Speaking as someone who worked in Florida public health for 20 years, pre-COVID: Florida's population can be divided into several groups demographically: broadly, pepole who were born in Florida and have pretty much always lived there; people who were born elsewhere in the US and moved there later in life, most often upon retirement; and…
Speaking as someone who worked in Florida public health for 20 years, pre-COVID: Florida's population can be divided into several groups demographically: broadly, pepole who were born in Florida and have pretty much always lived there; people who were born elsewhere in the US and moved there later in life, most often upon retirement; and people who were born in other countries. The people who moved from elsewhere in the US have relatively good health status that reflects where they grew up and lived most of their lives. So they have disease patterns more like those of the upper Midwest or the Northeast. The health status of people born in Florida is more like that of those born in the Deep South -- Alabama and Georgia, for example. So health measures like life expectancy put Florida above most of the southern states, but below the rest of the country, because of the mix of Florida-born and migrant populations.
People who were born outside the US and later migrated to Florida also bring the disease patterns of their home countries, which may include some risks like tuberculosis that are otherwise rare in the US now; but they also benefit from a 'healthy migrant' effect -- the people who are healthy and vigorous enough to immigrate are healthier than the people who stay home, on average.
So Florida's statewide health status measures reflect the beneficial effects for many residents of having grown up in healthier places than Florida. The Florida public health system can't really take credit for the resulting relatively good health.
" the people who are healthy and vigorous enough to immigrate are healthier than the people who stay home, on average." They passed the test, I think should be automatically given asylum. Reminds me of the film El Note, wherein the woman "boss" says you managed to get here you can manage to get to the assigned meeting. Unfortunately, he misses it, because he watches his sister die from the disease. Bitten in the tunnel she used to get to the USA.
Speaking as someone who worked in Florida public health for 20 years, pre-COVID: Florida's population can be divided into several groups demographically: broadly, pepole who were born in Florida and have pretty much always lived there; people who were born elsewhere in the US and moved there later in life, most often upon retirement; and people who were born in other countries. The people who moved from elsewhere in the US have relatively good health status that reflects where they grew up and lived most of their lives. So they have disease patterns more like those of the upper Midwest or the Northeast. The health status of people born in Florida is more like that of those born in the Deep South -- Alabama and Georgia, for example. So health measures like life expectancy put Florida above most of the southern states, but below the rest of the country, because of the mix of Florida-born and migrant populations.
People who were born outside the US and later migrated to Florida also bring the disease patterns of their home countries, which may include some risks like tuberculosis that are otherwise rare in the US now; but they also benefit from a 'healthy migrant' effect -- the people who are healthy and vigorous enough to immigrate are healthier than the people who stay home, on average.
So Florida's statewide health status measures reflect the beneficial effects for many residents of having grown up in healthier places than Florida. The Florida public health system can't really take credit for the resulting relatively good health.
" the people who are healthy and vigorous enough to immigrate are healthier than the people who stay home, on average." They passed the test, I think should be automatically given asylum. Reminds me of the film El Note, wherein the woman "boss" says you managed to get here you can manage to get to the assigned meeting. Unfortunately, he misses it, because he watches his sister die from the disease. Bitten in the tunnel she used to get to the USA.