Fig. 1: Health disparities between multiracial and monoracial minorities.
From: Identifying the social mechanisms for multiracial-monoracial health disparities
a, b Average days poor mental health and days of poor physical health across racial/ethnic groups, measured by the number of days mentally or physically not feeling good, during the month before the survey. The descriptive statistics are survey weighted thus include no confidential intervals. c, d Age-specific health discrepancies between multiracial and monoracial groups for Black, American Indian or Alaska Native (AIAN), and Asian populations, displayed with a 95% confidence interval assuming unequal variances. Visualizations illustrate that multiracial people suffer from worse health across the life course compared with monoracial groups, with particular health risks during the early- and mid- life course. The estimates in the late life course may be understated due to the non-adjustment of mortality disparities.
