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Disparities

Little Progress Made On Health Disparities, New Report Shows

By Lisa Chedekel | May 10, 2012

Health disparities between blacks and whites in categories including maternal deaths and advanced-stage breast cancer diagnoses are worsening, while only a handful of disparities related to race, ethnicity or income showed significant improvement between 2002 and 2008, a new federal report shows.