Racial/Ethnic Differences in Self-Rated Health Status Among Adults With and Without Disabilities
Minorities with disabilities are disproportionately affected within racial and ethnic groups, so efforts to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities must incorporate the needs of adults with disabilities. A new CDC study highlights findings on the health of people with disabilities among racial and ethnic groups. This study found that among adults with a disability, Black, Hispanic and Native Americans report fair or poor health at disproportionately higher rates compared with White and Asian Americans. Overall, adults with a disability were less likely to have excellent or very good health (27.3 percent vs. 60.3 percent), and more likely to report being in fair or poor health (40.1 percent vs. 9.8 percent), when compared with their counterparts without disability.
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