The immigrant health advantage suggests that, despite significant socioeconomic disadvantage, immigrant populations report better-than-expected health relative to U.S.-born counterparts. This phenomenon has been repeatedly shown in Hispanic-origin immigrant population with little focus on other racial/ethnic groups. In this study, the immigrant health advantage is examined as it pertains to overweight, obesity, hypertension, and diabetes in African-origin black immigrants (n = 2748) relative to U.S.-born non-Hispanic blacks (n = 71,320). Additionally, to investigate within-immigrant heterogeneity in health deterioration associated with duration in the United States, the health of African-origin black immigrants is compared to non-Hispanic white and Mexican–American immigrants. Analyses are conducted on adults aged 18–85 + (n = 570,675) from the 2000–2018 National Health Interview Survey using binomial logistic regressions. Findings support the notion of an immigrant health advantage and suggest that, relative to U.S.-born blacks, African-origin black immigrants are at lower odds for obesity, hypertension, and diabetes, regardless of duration in the United States. Further, when compared to non-Hispanic white and Mexican–American immigrants, African-origin black immigrants display similar probabilities of reporting overweight, obesity, and diabetes across four duration categories. These findings suggest that, despite potentially experiencing high rates of discriminatory and/or racist behaviors, African-origin black immigrants’ health does not deteriorate differently than this sample of non-black immigrant counterparts. The findings presented here provide further insight into the health of African-origin blacks immigrants, a rapidly growing proportion of both the U.S.-black and foreign-born population.

移民的健康优势表明，尽管社会经济状况严重不利，但移民人口的健康状况要好于美国出生的移民。这种现象在西班牙裔移民人口中屡屡出现，很少关注其他种族/族裔群体。在这项研究中， 相对于美国出生的非西班牙裔黑人（n = 2748），检查了移民健康优势，因为它与非洲裔黑人移民（n = 2748）中的超重，肥胖，高血压和糖尿病有关。 = 71,320）。此外，为了调查在美国境内与持续时间相关的健康恶化的移民内部异质性，将非洲裔黑人移民的健康状况与非西班牙裔白人和墨西哥裔美国人移民的健康状况进行了比较。分析是在岁的成年人18-85 +（进行ñ = 570,675）来自2000-2018年全国健康访问调查，使用二项式Logistic回归分析。研究结果支持移民健康优势的观点，并表明，与美国出生的黑人相比，非洲裔黑人移民在肥胖，高血压和糖尿病方面的患病率较低，而与美国的持续时间无关。此外，与非西班牙裔白人和墨西哥裔美国人移民相比，非洲裔黑人移民在四个时长类别中报告超重，肥胖和糖尿病的可能性相似。这些发现表明，尽管潜在地遭受歧视和/或种族主义行为的可能性很高，但非洲裔黑人移民的健康状况与非黑人移民样本的健康状况没有不同。