The United States - 811 Words

History Within the last decade , the United States has become home to 3.5 million immigrants from the Caribbean. The Caribbean accounted for 9% of the country s 38.5 million immigrants. more than 90% of the immigrants come from Cuba, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, the Dominican Republic and Haiti. The number of Caribbean immigrants grew from 193,922 in 1960 to 3,500,000 in 2009. This represents more than a 17 fold increase. They have been among the top ten foreign born groups in the United States each decade since 1970. Between the years of 1970 and 2009 , immigrants from the Dominican Republic significantly contributed to the rapid growth of the carribean born populatio. They accounted for 26.2 percent of the increase during the time†¦show more content†¦Florida had the largest number residing, with 40% of the total Caribbean born population in the US. This was followed by New York with 29.1%. 34.2% of the Caribbean born in the United States resided in the New York northern New Jers ey Long Island, New York New Jersey Pennsylvania metropolitan area. They share of Caribbean immigrants also residing in the metropolitan area of Miami Fort Lauderdale Pomono Beach Florida Other relatively large Caribbean immigrant population states include New Jersey, Massachusetts, Georgia, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and California. Traditional perceptions of health and illness Around the world different cultural groups have developed their own explanation and conceptualization of illness, health, mental health and well-being. For the Caribbean culture, there is a worldview that everything in the universe is of one source and will, and that the world is animated by numerous ancestral spiritual entities, gods, and entities them frequently intervene with the everyday lives of individuals. Traditions thought the caribbean share deep habits of the heart,mind and body. It is believed that body, mind, and spirit are all interconnected. Whatever affects one will impact another. Within the culture, it is also believed that illness or a disorder may derive from many sources which could be natural, social, spiritual, or psychological disturbances. They create disequilibrium which will be expressed in the form of a