perhaps. but let’s not forget that asian americans have the highest life expectancies of american racial groups.

The study shows that Pakistanis were significantly more likely too receive cervical cancer screening but less likely to have received breast cancer screening as compared to Indians in the sample.

this is disturbing. indian women are at more risk on the margins for cervical cancer (because of the behavior of “high risk” males who are, or aren’t, circumcised).

i think the british have done studies which explore differences among south asian ethnicites. bangladesis for example have a higher risk for diabetes apparently than pakistanis all things equal. one of the issues with south asians among muslims and some south indian groups is inbreeding, which can result in really particular, specific and localized disease clusters within families.