Key Facts on Health and Health Care by
Race and Ethnicity
With the COVID-19
pandemic impacting communities of color disproportionately in their
health and economic well-being, long-term racial and ethnic disparities
have received growing attention. But these inequities in our health
system are not new and are a part of larger issues of systemic racism.
An updated KFF
chart pack analyzes a wide array of measures of racial and
ethnic disparities in health and health care and other factors which can
contribute to these disparities. The broad sections of the chart pack
include:
- Health
Coverage and Access to and Use of Care
- Health
Status, Outcomes, and Behaviors
- Social
Determinants of Health
The chart pack presents
data on six racial/ethnic groups where available: White, Asian, Hispanic,
Black, American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN), and Native Hawaiian and
Other Pacific Islander (NHOPI). Black, Hispanic and AIAN people fare
worse than White people across the majority of measures. While, overall,
Asian people do not fare worse than White people across most measures,
the data may mask disparities among subgroups within the Asian population.
Ongoing data gaps and limits hinder the ability to have a comprehensive
understanding of the experiences of AIAN and NHOPI people.
For further research and
analysis on these issues, visit the Racial Equity
and Health Policy topic page.
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