Key Themes and Highlights From the National Healthcare Disparities Report. Figure H.4.

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Figure H.4. Change in Disparities in Core Access Measures Over Time for Members of Selected Groups Compared with Reference Group

Bar graph compares following groups: Black vs. White (n=5): Improving, 60%, Worsening, 40%; Asian vs. White (n=5): Improving, 60%, Same, 20%, Worsening, 20%; AI/AN vs. White (n=5): Improving, 80%, Same, 20%; Hispanic vs. Non-Hispanic White (n=5): Improving, 20%, Worsening, 80%; Poor vs. High Income (n=5): Improving, 40%, Worsening, 60%.

Improving = Population-reference group difference becoming smaller at rate greater than 1% per year.
Same = Population-reference group difference not changing.
Worsening = Population-reference group difference becoming larger at rate greater than 1% per year.

Key: AI/AN=American Indian or Alaska Native.

Note: "Asian" includes "Asian or Pacific Islander" when information is not collected separately for each group. The most recent and oldest years of data available are compared.

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