Minority Health and the Health Sciences

The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is the nation’s principal health statistics agency, providing data to identify and address health issues. NCHS compiles statistical information to help guide public health and health policy decisions.

Reports and Data Resources
Connect with reports, data sets, and articles, and related sources on minority health and health disparities provided by NIMHD’s federal and non-federal partners and grantee institutions. This is not a comprehensive repository of information.

The Office of Minority Health provides the most current quantitative information related to minority health. This includes sourcing and maintaining a body of expert knowledge on minority health status initiatives, and demographic statistics and analyses on minority populations, compiled by the National Center for Health Statistics, the Census Bureau, private foundations, clinical practitioners, private data sources and public agencies.

We believe all children deserve the opportunity to thrive. We also believe that when opportunity is shared equitably, everyone benefits. Established in 2014 with support from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, diversitydatakids.org set out to fill an urgent need for a rigorous, equity-focused research program with a clear mission to help improve child wellbeing and increase racial and ethnic equity in opportunities for children.