Racial and ethnic health disparities in the U.S.

Statistics report about racial and ethnic health disparities in the U.S.

Racial and ethnic health disparities in the U.S.

This report presents key facts and figures on a variety of health issues in the United States by race and ethnicity. Included are chapters on diseases, death, cancer, sexual health, and more.

Table of contents

Diseases and health risks

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  • Premium Statistic Percentage of current asthma in the United States 2001-2021, by race/ethnicity
  • Basic Statistic Prevalence of cardiovascular disease in U.S. adults 2017-2020, ethnicity and gender
  • Basic Statistic New cases of tuberculosis in the U.S. 2022, by race/ethnicity
  • Basic Statistic Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in the U.S. 2005-2020, by race/ethnicity
  • Basic Statistic Share of U.S. adults who reported oral health problems in 2022, by race/ethnicity
  • Premium Statistic Prevalence of chronic pain among U.S. adults in 2021, by race/ethnicity
  • Premium Statistic Past-month alcohol use among U.S. persons aged 12 or older by race/ethnicity 2022
  • Basic Statistic U.S. smoking prevalence among adults by race and ethnicity 2021
  • Premium Statistic Adult obesity rates in the U.S. by race/ethnicity 2022
  • Basic Statistic U.S. sedentary lifestyle among adults by race/ethnicity 2022

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 2020, 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 2021, by race/ethnicity
  • Basic Statistic Distribution of HIV diagnoses among U.S. women in 2021, by race/ethnicity
  • Premium Statistic Rate of gonorrhea cases in the United States in 2022, by race/ethnicity and gender
  • Basic Statistic Syphilis rates in the United States in 2022, by race/ethnicity and gender
  • Basic Statistic Chlamydia rates in the United States 2022, by race/ethnicity and gender
  • Basic Statistic U.S. high school students condom usage 2021, by sex

Mental health

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  • Basic Statistic Number of poor mental health days a month among U.S. women in 2021, 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 2019-2021, by ethnicity
  • Basic Statistic Distribution of suicides in the U.S. in 2020, by race/ethnicity and gender

Treatment

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  • Premium Statistic U.S. males who reported having no personal doctor 2022, by race/ethnicity
  • Premium Statistic Share of adults who have skipped healthcare in the U.S. in 2023, 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 2022
  • Premium Statistic Percentage of people in the U.S. without health insurance by ethnicity 2010-2022
  • 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 2020
  • Basic Statistic Leading causes of death among Black U.S. residents in 2020
  • Premium Statistic Leading causes of death among American Indians or Alaska Natives 2020
  • Premium Statistic Leading causes of death among Asians in the U.S. 2020
  • Premium Statistic Leading causes of death among Hispanics in the U.S. 2020
  • Basic Statistic Death rate by ethnic group and sex in the U.S. 2020
  • Basic Statistic Maternal mortality rates in the U.S. from 2018 to 2021, by race/ethnicity
  • Basic Statistic Alcohol, drug, and suicide death rates in the U.S. in 2021, by race/ethnicity
  • Basic Statistic Death rate from HIV in the U.S. in 2021, by race/ethnicity
  • Basic Statistic Rate of hepatitis C-related deaths in the U.S. in 2021, by race/ethnicity
  • Premium Statistic Death rate from opioid overdose in the U.S. in 2021, by race/ethnicity

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