Health Disparities

The AHRQ collects data on health and healthcare quality and monitors trends in quality and disparities. The annual reports since 2007 are available here, as well as the ability to search the data..

Science-based objectives for improving the nation's health. Each ten-year cycle sets benchmarks and monitors progress across all segments of society.

This guide describes the context of the concept of disparities

How to use the data collected by Healthy People 2020 to study health disparities.

Links to statistics, journal articles, and other reports. From the US National Library of Medicine.

Initially published in MMWR, this report contains factors leading to inequalities in health among various social groups. .You can download the entire report or select from available fact sheets.