This open access book examines the question of collecting and disseminating data on ethnicity and race in order to describe characteristics of ethnic and racial

In their later years, Americans of different racial and ethnic backgrounds are not in equally good-or equally poor-health. There is wide variation, but on avera

In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differenc

Disparities in health and health care across racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds in the United States are well documented. The reasons for these dispa

Racial and ethnic disparities in health care are known to reflect access to care and other issues that arise from differing socioeconomic conditions. There is,