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Cultural Competency

Data and Statistics

These sites focus on demographic and health disparities data for minorities and specific cultural groups. This data can inform a wide variety of decisions and practices in a healthcare setting.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: National Healthcare Quality & Disparity Reports

These reports measure trends in in effectiveness of care, patient safety, and other factors. The Disparities Report reviews health care quality across various racial, ethnic, and income groups as well as rural populations.

Center for Disease Control: Health Disparities and Strategies Reports

Reports since 2011 highlight effective public health programs that have reduced disparities. Additional reports from the CDC and their Office of Minority Health & Health Equity (OMHHE) on topics like rural health, African American health, Hispanic health, and more can be found here.

Center for Disease Control: Tribal Data, Information, and Resources

CDC portal for information, data, and resources on issues related to AI/AN health and health disparities and public health information to help tribes address them.

Children's Defense Fund: The State of America's Children Report and U.S. State Child Data Factsheets

Provides access to customizable and prepared reports on a wide variety of issues affecting this population including health coverage, poverty, and homelessness.

Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health: Data and Policies

Links to population profiles and health data from a variety of government sources.

diversitydata.org

This site from The Heller School for Social Policy and Management provides access to socioeconomic indicators for metropolitan areas in the form of tables, maps and customizable reports. More information, reports, and customizable data maps on data beyond metropolitan areas can be found at diversitydatakids.org.

National Cancer Institute: Health Disparities

Provides links to data and statistics with a special focus on health disparities as they relate to cancer.

National Center for Veterans Analysis and Statistics

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs site for a wide variety of statistical, survey, and report data on Veterans.

National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology: Health Disparities

This center is part of the National Library of Medicine and their site provides links to a wealth of health disparity data.

Office of Minority Health: Minority Population Profiles

Profiles provide detailed demographic, language fluency (where relevant), education, economic, insurance coverage and health status information, as well as full census reports.

US Office on Women's Health: Minority Health Fact Sheets

Build fact sheets for each state on a variety of minority health and health disparities data.

World Health Organization: Data and Statistics

Provides links to statistics by topic or country.