Racial health disparities exist in every state, new report says

AXIOS April 18, 2024
Maya Goldman

Even states that made progress narrowing racial and ethnic health disparities have considerable gaps on access, outcomes and quality of care, a new Commonwealth Fund report finds.

The big picture: Black and Native Americans are much likelier to die early from preventable illnesses than their white and Asian counterparts.

• “Health equity does not exist in any state in the U.S.,” said David Radley, a senior scientist at the Commonwealth Fund and an author of the report.

What they found: Overall, the health system performs below average for Black and Hispanic people in most states, according to the analysis.

• Six states — Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Hawai’i, New Hampshire and New York — had above-average health system performance...

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