October 06, 2008
Minorities with disabilities suffer most
From Reuters:
During 2004-2006, an estimated 20% of US adults, or 1 in 5 people, had some level of disability and these individuals -- particularly individuals from certain minority groups -- were much more likely to rate their health as fair or poor compared with persons without a disability.
Black, Hispanic and Native Americans with a disability reported fair or poor health at disproportionately higher rates than White and Asian Americans, health officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday in the agency's weekly report on illness and death.
The full report can be found at MMWR.
Posted by David Porter at 08:45 AM
Category: Access to Health Care; Disabilities; Healthcare; Heath Inequities