Key Facts on Health and Health Care by Race and Ethnicity

With the COVID-19 pandemic impacting communities of coloration disproportionately of their well being and financial well-being, long-term racial and ethnic disparities have obtained rising consideration. However these inequities in our well being system aren’t new and are part of bigger problems with systemic racism.

An updated KFF chart pack analyzes a wide selection of measures of racial and ethnic disparities in well being and well being care and different components which may contribute to those disparities. The broad sections of the chart pack embrace:

• Well being Protection and Entry to and Use of Care
• Well being Standing, Outcomes, and Behaviors
• Social Determinants of Well being

The chart pack presents knowledge on six racial/ethnic teams the place obtainable: White, Asian, Hispanic, Black, American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN), and Native Hawaiian and Different Pacific Islander (NHOPI). Black, Hispanic and AIAN folks fare worse than White folks throughout the vast majority of measures. Whereas, general, Asian folks don’t fare worse than White folks throughout most measures, the info might masks disparities amongst subgroups inside the Asian inhabitants. Ongoing knowledge gaps and limits hinder the power to have a complete understanding of the experiences of AIAN and NHOPI folks.

For additional analysis and evaluation on these points, go to the Racial Equity and Health Policy subject web page.