A snapshot of health disparities in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware
\nPennsylvania<\/p>\n
Asian Americans reported experiencing some of the best health care outcomes, access and quality in the commonwealth, followed closely by white residents.\n<\/p>\n
This isn\u2019t particularly surprising, Radley said, as these findings often correspond to income levels.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cWhite people and Asian Americans tend to have higher incomes on average than Black, Hispanic and Indigenous people in the country,\u201d he said. \u201cThat really does sort of factor into underlying health risks and opportunities within the health care system.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
There continues to be a significant gap between those two racial groups and others. Hispanic<\/a> and Black Pennsylvanians experienced, on average, higher rates of obesity, smoking and deaths from preventable causes<\/a>.\n <\/p>\n New Jersey<\/p>\n About 27% of Hispanic adults were uninsured in 2023 and 2024, and 27% also reported going without health care because of potential costs.\n<\/p>\n While most older Black women in New Jersey received a recent mammogram, they were significantly more likely to die from breast cancer compared to other women in the Garden State. Delays in follow-up care, later-stage diagnoses and health insurance issues could play a role, researchers said.\n<\/p>\n Delaware<\/p>\n