Anti-Racism & Social Justice: Statistics

This Statistica dossier presents key facts and figures on a variety of health issues in the United States by race and ethnicity. Included are chapters on diseases, death, cancer, sexual health, health risks and more.

Percentage of U.S. women working in health care who stated race was "very much" a barrier to career advancement as of 2018, by race/ethnicity. Results of an online survey by Rock Health conducted in 2018.

A report from 2013 that highlights health disparities and inequalities across a wide range of diseases, behavioral risk factors, environmental exposures, social determinants, and health-care access by sex, race and ethnicity, income, education, disability status and other social characteristics.

From Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity, published in 2017 by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

Pew Research Center article and chart, data from the U.S. Department of Education.

A compilation of statistics on hate crimes in the United States.

Number of victims of hate crime in the United States in 2020, by motivation, compiled by the FBI.

The Trevor Project’s 2022 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health capturing the experiences of nearly 34,000 LGBTQ youth ages 13 to 24 across the United States.

CDC article utilizing survey data.

This chart shows the percentage of U.S. adults who say George Floyd's killing is part of broader problems in the treatment of African Americans by police.

Extent to which racism is addressed in promotional materials according to adults in the United States as of June 2020, by age group.

Opinions of adults on the current state of racism in the United States in 2020.

A survey on public opinion of race relations conducted by YouGov in May, 2020.

Share of adults who think Black people and White people receive equal police treatment in the U.S. in May 2020. A survey of public opinion from YouGov, conducted May, 2020.

This statistic shows the share of Americans who believed white nationalism was a threat to the United States in 2020.

A 2020 research article by Maritza Vasquez Reyes synthesizing statistics on the impact of COVID-19 on African Americans.