Diseases like asthma and diabetes can be managed with adequate healthcare, and those like chlamydia and Hepatitis can be prevented or treated before they spread. Yet this is among the lowest scoring topics in the Equality Indicators. Race significantly impacts the likelihood one will be hospitalized for asthma or diabetes or contract a sexually transmitted disease. This speaks to disparities in the quality of healthcare by racial groups. Chronic Hepatitis B is another preventable and treatable condition, yet the likelihood of getting it is considerably higher for those in low-income groups.

To understand Quality of Health Care in the context of inequality, we used four indicators:

• Race & Asthma Hospitalization
• Race & Diabetes Hospitalization
• Race & Sexually Transmitted Diseases
• Income & Chronic Hepatitis B

Take a look at the chart to your right for an overall picture of this topic, and then go to each indicator to find more detail and additional findings.