Health risks high for Latinos - Study’s findings suggest poor working, living environments have negative impact

Hispanic men die from accidents at nearly twice the national rate for men, and Hispanic women die from diabetes at twice the national rate for women, according to a study released Saturday in Albany.

The report was one of the highlights of this weekend’s Somos El Futuro annual conference, a series of legislative forums, lectures and educational opportunities coordinated by the state Assembly’s Puerto Rican and Hispanic Task Force..”*

I couldn’t find the report online but I am assuming it will appear on this site soon: http://www.somoselfuturo.org/

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