According to a survey conducted in June 2022, 24 percent of Hispanic adults and 23 percent of Black adults in the U.S. reported cutting back on health care services or medicines to pay for other household expenses in the last 12 months. This graph shows the share of U.S. adults who cut back on healthcare costs to pay for other household expenses in 2022, by ethnicity.
Share of U.S. adults who have cut back on health care services or medicines to afford household expenses in 2022, by ethnicity
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Statistics on Racial and ethnic health disparities in the U.S.
Diseases and health risks
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- Premium Statistic Percentage of current asthma in the United States 2001-2020, by ethnicity
- Basic Statistic Prevalence of cardiovascular disease in U.S. adults 2015-2018 ethnicity and gender
- Basic Statistic New cases of tuberculosis in the U.S. 2021, by ethnicity
- Basic Statistic Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in the U.S. 2005-2020, by race/ethnicity
- Premium Statistic Diabetes prevalence in the U.S. 2015-2018, by ethnicity
- Premium Statistic Past-month alcohol use among U.S. persons aged 12 or older by race/ethnicity 2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. smoking prevalence among adults by ethnicity 2020
- Premium Statistic Adult obesity rates in the U.S. by race/ethnicity 2021
Cancer
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- Basic Statistic Cancer: incidence rate in the U.S. by ethnic group and gender 2015-2019
- Premium Statistic Rate of skin cancer cases in the U.S. in 2019, by race/ethnicity
- Basic Statistic Rate of prostate cancer among U.S. males 2015-2019, by ethnicity
- Premium Statistic Incidence rates of colorectal cancer among U.S. residents 2015-2019, by ethnicity
- Premium Statistic Cancer: 5-year survival rates in the U.S. by ethnic group 1975-2018
- Basic Statistic U.S. mortality rates from cancer by ethnic group and gender 2016-2020
- Premium Statistic Mortality rate of uterine cervix cancer in the U.S. 2016-2020, by ethnicity
Sexual health
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- Basic Statistic Rates of HIV diagnoses among U.S. men in 2020, by ethnicity
- Basic Statistic Distribution of HIV diagnoses among U.S. women in 2020, by ethnicity
- Premium Statistic Rate of gonorrhea cases in the United States by ethnicity and gender, 2020
- Basic Statistic Cases of syphilis in the United States by by ethnicity and gender, 2020
- Basic Statistic Chlamydia rates in the United States 2020, by ethnicity and gender
- Basic Statistic U.S. high school students who used condoms by gender and ethnicity 2019
- Basic Statistic Share of U.S. women who needed contraceptive services, 2017-2019, by ethnicity
Mental health
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- Basic Statistic Number of poor mental health days a month among U.S. females in 2019, by ethnicity
- Basic Statistic Share of U.S. adults with anxiety symptoms in 2019, by ethnicity and severity
- Basic Statistic Share of U.S. mental health screenings with anxiety 2019-2020, by ethnicity
- Basic Statistic Distribution of suicides in the U.S. in 2019, by ethnicity and gender
Treatment
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- Premium Statistic U.S. population without health care visits 2000-2018, by ethnicity
- Premium Statistic U.S. males who reported having no personal doctor 2019 by ethnicity
- Basic Statistic Share of U.S. children who visited the dentist in the past year by race 2019
- Premium Statistic Persons with a dental visit in the past year 2019, by ethnicity
- Premium Statistic Uninsured U.S. children percentage and rate by ethnicity 2021
- Premium Statistic Percentage of U.S. population without health insurance coverage by ethnicity 2018
- Premium Statistic Uninsured non-elderly people in the U.S. by ethnicity 2021
- Basic Statistic Share of people in the U.S. who received treatment for alcohol use 2021, by ethnicity
Death
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- Premium Statistic Leading causes of death among the white population in the United States in 2019
- Basic Statistic Leading causes of death among black U.S. residents in 2018
- Premium Statistic Leading causes of death among American Indians or Alaska Natives 2019
- Premium Statistic Leading causes of death among Asians in the U.S. 2019
- Premium Statistic Leading causes of death among Hispanics in the U.S. 2019
- Basic Statistic Death rate by ethnic group and sex in the U.S. 2019
- Basic Statistic Maternal mortality rates in the U.S. from 2018 to 2020, by ethnicity
- Basic Statistic Alcohol, drug, and suicide death rates in the U.S. in 2020, by ethnicity
Further related statistics
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- Types of healthcare services cut back on to pay household expenses in the U.S. 2022
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- Share of U.S. women who skipped healthcare services during the pandemic 2020, by race
- Share of U.S. women who skipped healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic 2020
- Share of people in the U.S. who received treatment for alcohol use 2021, by ethnicity
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- Self-management class and counseling among arthritic U.S. adults 2019, by ethnicity
- Share of U.S. women without birth control during the COVID-19 pandemic 2020, by race
- Adults over 40 years unaware of current dementia treatment U.S. 2021, by ethnicity
- U.S. adults with a dental visit in the past year in 2019 and 2020, by race
- U.S. adults reporting inability to pay for prescribed medicine as of 2021, by income
- Share of U.S. children who received any mental health treatment 2013-19, by race
- Share of people with and without disabilities delaying care in Italy 2019, by region
- Mental health care services use rate in South Korea 2001-2021
- Dental visits among U.S. adults in the past year 2019, by urbanicity and ethinicity
- Prevalence of patients receiving RRT in Europe 2019, by country
- Share of U.S. men who skipped or delayed health care due to COVID-19 in 2020
- Prevalence of patients receiving RRT in the United Kingdom (UK) 2019, by country
- Primary diagnosis in kidney transplant patients in the United Kingdom (UK) 2019
- Number of patients receiving RRT in the United Kingdom (UK) 2012-2019
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Gallup, & West Health. (June 10, 2022). Share of U.S. adults who have cut back on health care services or medicines to afford household expenses in 2022, by ethnicity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 21, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1340742/cutting-down-health-costs-for-household-expenses-in-the-us-by-ethnicity/
Gallup, und West Health. "Share of U.S. adults who have cut back on health care services or medicines to afford household expenses in 2022, by ethnicity." Chart. June 10, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 21, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1340742/cutting-down-health-costs-for-household-expenses-in-the-us-by-ethnicity/
Gallup, West Health. (2022). Share of U.S. adults who have cut back on health care services or medicines to afford household expenses in 2022, by ethnicity. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 21, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1340742/cutting-down-health-costs-for-household-expenses-in-the-us-by-ethnicity/
Gallup, and West Health. "Share of U.S. Adults Who Have Cut Back on Health Care Services or Medicines to Afford Household Expenses in 2022, by Ethnicity." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Jun 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1340742/cutting-down-health-costs-for-household-expenses-in-the-us-by-ethnicity/
Gallup & West Health, Share of U.S. adults who have cut back on health care services or medicines to afford household expenses in 2022, by ethnicity Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1340742/cutting-down-health-costs-for-household-expenses-in-the-us-by-ethnicity/ (last visited March 21, 2023)
Share of U.S. adults who have cut back on health care services or medicines to afford household expenses in 2022, by ethnicity [Graph], Gallup, & West Health, June 10, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1340742/cutting-down-health-costs-for-household-expenses-in-the-us-by-ethnicity/