The Office of Minority Health provides the most current quantitative information related to minority health. This includes sourcing and maintaining a body of expert knowledge on minority health status initiatives, and demographic statistics and analyses on minority populations, compiled by the National Center for Health Statistics, the Census Bureau, private foundations, clinical practitioners, private data sources and public agencies.
Health Profiles by Population
This section provides an overview of demographics, language fluency (where relevant), education, economics, insurance coverage, health and full census reports for racial and ethnic minority populations in the United States.
- Profile: African American Health
- Profile: American Indian/Alaska Native Health
- Profile: Asian American Health
- Profile: Hispanic/Latino Health
- Profile: Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Health
More Resources
- Data Issue and Publications
- CDC Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders Survey
- [Blog] The Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander National Health Interview Survey: Data Collection in Small Populations
Compendium of Federal Datasets Addressing Health Disparities
The Compendium of Federal Datasets Addressing Health Disparities is a free resource of publicly available data relevant to research and programs aiming to reduce health disparities by exploring the relationship between socioeconomic factors and the social determinants of health. The Compendium, an initiative of the Interdepartmental Health Equity Collaborative (IHEC), includes data and data-related resources from various federal agencies within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).