Health Disparities

Summary

Health disparities are health differences between different groups of people. These health differences may include:

• How many people get certain diseases
• How severe the diseases are
• How many people have complications because of the diseases
• How many people die from a disease
• Whether people can get health care
• How many people get screened for a disease

These groups of people may be based on:

• Race
• Ethnicity
• Immigrant status
• Disability
• Sex or gender
• Sexual orientation
• Geography
• Income
• Level of education

NIH: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities

National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities

Statistics and Research

• African American Health Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Behavioral Health Equity Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• Cancer Care Widens Its Reach: Reducing Cancer Health Disparities National Institutes of Health
• Cancer Data and Statistics Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Cancer Race/Ethnicity Statistics National Cancer Institute
• Clinical Trial Diversity Food and Drug Administration
• Indian Health Disparities Indian Health Service
• National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• Strategies for Reducing Health Disparities: Selected CDC-Sponsored Interventions, United States, 2016 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• TB and Black or African American Persons Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

NIH MedlinePlus Magazine

• By the Numbers: Health Disparities in Pregnancy
• Reducing Health Disparities Around Pregnancy

Specifics

• Cancer Health Disparities Definitions and Examples National Cancer Institute
• Disparities in HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STDs, and TB Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Disparities in Oral Health Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Disparities in the Impact of Air Pollution American Lung Association
• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health — Healthy People 2020 Department of Health and Human Services
• Neglected Diseases National Human Genome Research Institute
• Rural Health Disparities Rural Health Information Hub

Find an Expert

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health
• Minority Health and Health Equity Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities

Clinical Trials

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Healthcare Disparities National Institutes of Health
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Racial and Ethnic Disparities National Institutes of Health

Start Here

• Disparities — Healthy People 2020 Department of Health and Human Services
• How Sex and Gender Influence Health and Disease National Institutes of Health, Office of Research on Women’s Health

Journal Articles

• Health Disparities