Minority Health Month

In honor of national Minority Health Month, the Office of Health Improvement wants you to have some important facts and resources when considering the health disparities for: Blacks and African Americans Hispanics Native Americans
Did you know?
	The Office of Minority Health has selected seven focus areas in which racial and ethnic minorities experience serious disparities in health access and outcomes. These seven areas were selected because they reflect disparities that are known to affect multiple racial and ethnic minority groups at all life stages.
Infant Mortality
	The death rate of African-American babies in the first year of life is two times the rate of white babies. More than 9.2 percent of Hispanic women received less than five prenatal visits during their pregnancy versus 2.9 percent of white non-Hispanic women.
Cancer Screening and Management
	Black males in Georgia are 39 percent more likely than white males to die of cancer; black females are 13 percent more likely than white females to die of cancer.
Cardiovascular Disease (CVD)
	Latinos are twice as likely to die from heart disease than whites.
Diabetes
	The death rate from diabetes is two times higher for black women than for white women.
HIV Infection/AIDS
	African-American males were diagnosed with AIDS at a rate of 90.8 per 100,000 compared to a rate of 10.3 in white males in 2005. HIV/AIDS was the cause of death for African-Americans at a rate of 18.4 per 100,000 compared to 2.5 for whites.
Suicide and Homicide
	Suicide was the cause of 4.4 percent of deaths among Latino men compared to 1.3 percent of African-American and 2.6 percent of white men Homicide was the cause of in 33 percent of deaths among African-American males ages13-29 compared to three percent of white males in the same age group

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

CDC’s Office of Minority Health Fact Sheets Eliminate Disparities in:
	Cancer Screening and Management
	Cardiovascular Disease (CVD)
	Diabetes
	HIV Infection/AIDS
	Immunizations
	Infant Mortality
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention & Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) http://www.cdc.gov/reach/about.htm
	Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health Program
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
	Trends in Racial and Ethnic-Specific Rates for the Health Status Indicators: United States, 1990-98.
Office of Communication
	Racial & Ethnic Health Disparities Fact Sheet
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
	Office of Minority Health Resource Center
		April is Minority Health and Health Disparities Month
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
	Office of Minority Health
Healthy People 2010

Indian Health Service (IHS)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)
	National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD)
U.S. Census Bureau
	Overview of Race and Hispanic Origin
National Minority Health Month Organization (NMHM)

General:

Minority Health (AHRQ)
Administration for Native Americans (ACF)
Office of Minority Health (Office of Minority Health)
National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIH)
Cancer Health Disparities Progress Review Group (CHD PRG)
Minority Women’s Health (womenshealth.gov)
Rural Minority Health (HRSA)

African Americans:

African-American Health (MEDLINEplus)
Health Problems in African American Women (womenshealth.gov)
Closing the Health Gap Campaign (Office of Minority Health)
African/Americans Profile (Office of Minority Health)

Hispanic/Latino Americans:

Hispanic-American Health (MEDLINEplus)
CDC En Español (CDC)
Hispanics/Latinos Profile (Office of Minority Health)

Native Americans, American Indians, & Alaska Natives:

American Indian and Alaska Native Beneficiaries of CMS Programs (CMS)
Native American Health (MEDLINEplus)
Health Problems in American Indian/Alaska Native Women (womenshealth.gov)
American Indian/Alaska Native Profile (Office of Minority Health)

General Tip Sites:

World’s Healthiest Foods
Exercise for beginners
National Body Challenge from Discovery Health

A Statement about Minority Health Month by Dr. Rhonda Medows

Statistics Have Faces

Activities