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Medical Term

Health Disparities

Health disparities are health differences between different groups of people. These health differences may include:

How many people get certain diseases
How severe the diseases are
How many people have complications because of the diseases
How many people die from a disease
Whether people can get health care
How many people get screened for a disease

These groups of people may be based on:

Race
Ethnicity
Immigrant status
Disability
Sex or gender
Sexual orientation
Geography
Income
Level of education

NIH: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities

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