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Everyone deserves to seek medical care and participate in clinical trials without implicit biases and subpar care.
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Donate TodayHealth care disparities refer to differences in health and health care between groups that stem from broader inequities. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines health disparities, as "a particular type of health difference that is linked with social, economic, and/or environmental disadvantage,” and that adversely affects groups of people who have systematically experienced greater obstacles to health.
39
%
of black adults were less likely than white (52%) to receive mental health services.
30
%
African Americans were 30% more likely than Whites to die prematurely from heart disease.
300
%
black women are 300% more likely to die during child birth than white women.