Hispanics Lag Behind Whites in Meeting National Health Goals

“U.S. Hispanics lag behind whites in meeting key health goals established by a large, national public health initiative, a new analysis shows.

“Health disparities are common in the Hispanic population,” say researchers led by Dr. Pranesh P. Chowdhury of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Poor health indicators in this population may reduce their productivity, will raise their healthcare costs and will subject them to social inequality.”

In the study from the latest issue of the journal Ethnicity & Disease, the authors analyzed responses from 235,784 participants of various ethnic groups (18,929 Hispanics) on six leading health indicators established by Healthy People 2010, a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services initiative that promotes health objectives for the United States to achieve by 2010. The elimination of health disparities between ethnic groups is one of the major goals of the initiative.”

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