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Even with the improvements in their infant and mortality rates in recent years, migrants still lag far behind the national average. Their infant mortality in 1964 was at the level of the United States as a whole in 1949. Their maternal mortality rate was the same as the national average a decade ago.

HEALTH STATUS-2

MORTALITY-1964

Migrants Compared with National Averages
(Rates per 100,000 Population)

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The accident mortality rate for migrants in 1964 was nearly three times the U.S. rate. It was 60 percent greater than the U.S. rate 30 years ago. Lesser disparities are shown in the mortality rates for tuberculosis and other infectious diseases, and for influenza and pneumonia. However, the differences are still great. Migrants' 1964 mortality from tuberculosis and other infectious diseases was 211⁄2 times the national rate, approximating the national average a dozen years ago. Their mortality from influenza and pneumonia was more than twice the national rate, and slightly in excess of the U.S. rate for 1940.

The Migrant's Road to Health Care is Beset with Obstacles

On the side of the migrant

• POVERTY

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• LACK OF HEALTH KNOWLEDGE
ISOLATION

FEAR OF NON-ACCEPTANCE

On the side of the community

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• LEGAL RESTRICTIONS AGAINST SERVING

NONRESIDENTS

• LEGAL EXCLUSION FROM PROTECTIVE LEGISLATION HEALTH PLANNING PRIORITIES THAT EXCLUDE

MIGRANTS

● INADEQUATE HEALTH MANPOWER

• INADEQUATE FINANCIAL RESOURCES

PROBLEMS OF SERVING A MOBILE GROUP
RESISTANCE TO MINORITY GROUPS,
ESPECIALLY MIGRANTS

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