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  Prevalence
 Disparity ScoreAll WomenWhite All Minority Black Hispanic Asian and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander American Indian/Alaska Native
United States0.8215.9%16.7%13.6%8.1%18.3%14.4%19.4%
Alabama0.6613.6%15.0%9.9%8.0%NSDNSDNSD
Alaska0.8720.6%21.3%18.6%NSDNSDNSD18.7%
Arizona0.9916.4%16.3%16.0%NSD18.1%NSD15.3%
Arkansas0.5424.1%26.1%14.2%10.5%26.1%NSDNSD
California0.9118.6%19.0%17.2%14.8%20.0%12.2%NSD
Colorado1.0819.7%19.1%20.7%8.4%23.8%NSDNSD
Connecticut0.7013.0%13.8%9.6%6.4%11.8%12.0%NSD
Delaware0.478.7%10.2%4.8%3.8%6.5%NSDNSD
District of Columbia0.398.1%13.4%5.2%4.0%10.1%NSDNSD
Florida0.7514.2%15.6%11.6%7.9%13.8%NSDNSD
Georgia0.5813.4%16.1%9.4%6.9%17.9%NSDNSD
Hawaii0.8717.1%18.8%16.4%NSD13.5%17.1%NSD
Idaho1.0325.6%25.5%26.4%NSD27.6%NSDNSD
Illinois0.7014.0%15.3%10.8%8.3%13.8%9.8%NSD
Indiana0.6621.8%22.7%15.0%10.7%21.2%NSDNSD
Iowa1.2611.3%11.1%14.1%NSD15.6%NSDNSD
Kansas0.8013.6%13.8%11.1%6.9%16.3%NSDNSD
Kentucky0.6216.6%17.3%10.7%9.6%NSDNSDNSD
Louisiana0.5511.8%14.2%7.7%7.3%12.7%NSDNSD
Maine1.0310.9%10.9%11.2%NSDNSDNSDNSD
Maryland0.4911.8%15.1%7.3%6.4%8.4%11.4%NSD
Massachusetts1.049.3%9.4%9.8%5.8%8.0%15.5%NSD
Michigan0.6913.1%14.0%9.6%5.7%16.4%NSDNSD
Minnesota0.889.2%9.3%8.2%NSDNSDNSDNSD
Mississippi0.4617.1%21.8%10.1%9.7%NSDNSDNSD
Missouri0.6520.8%21.8%14.2%6.4%NSDNSDNSD
Montana0.9620.2%20.4%19.6%NSD22.9%NSD16.5%
Nebraska1.0516.7%16.6%17.5%6.5%20.5%NSDNSD
Nevada0.9023.4%23.8%21.4%NSD25.3%NSDNSD
New Hampshire0.989.8%9.8%9.6%NSDNSDNSDNSD
New Jersey0.6813.4%15.0%10.2%6.5%13.4%9.8%NSD
New Mexico0.9020.6%21.6%19.4%NSD21.0%NSD15.6%
New York0.5613.1%15.8%8.9%6.2%11.0%9.3%NSD
North Carolina0.7411.1%11.7%8.6%6.9%15.5%7.0%11.4%
North Dakota1.0016.2%16.2%16.1%NSDNSDNSD16.9%
Ohio0.4519.1%20.7%9.3%7.2%12.1%NSDNSD
Oklahoma0.8025.8%26.8%21.5%20.1%28.3%NSD19.3%
Oregon0.9020.1%20.1%18.1%NSD19.3%15.0%30.0%
Pennsylvania0.5018.7%20.1%10.1%8.3%12.2%13.0%NSD
Rhode Island0.677.4%7.7%5.1%0.3%6.1%NSDNSD
South Carolina0.5017.3%20.6%10.4%9.1%15.8%NSDNSD
South Dakota1.1713.0%12.8%15.0%NSDNSDNSD15.9%
Tennessee0.539.6%10.7%5.6%3.4%NSDNSDNSD
Texas1.2919.1%16.6%21.4%12.5%23.5%NSDNSD
Utah0.9425.0%25.1%23.6%NSD26.6%NSDNSD
Vermont0.7816.5%16.7%13.0%NSDNSDNSDNSD
Virginia0.5213.2%15.0%7.8%5.7%8.0%NSDNSD
Washington0.9515.8%15.9%15.1%7.3%16.8%14.7%16.1%
West Virginia1.0115.3%15.4%15.5%NSDNSDNSDNSD
Wisconsin0.6212.7%13.2%8.2%3.8%NSDNSDNSD
Wyoming0.9524.5%24.6%23.3%NSD24.5%NSDNSD
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Notes: 

Data are for women ages 18–64.

All Minority women includes Black, Hispanic, Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native women, and women of two or more races.

Disparity score greater than 1.00 indicates that minority women are doing worse than White women. Disparity score less than 1.00 indicates that minority women are doing better than White women. Disparity score equal to 1.00 indicates that minority and White women are doing the same.

Data are derived from the Kaiser Family Foundation report, Putting Women’s Health Care Disparities on the Map, available at: http://www.kff.org/womensdisparities/.

Sources: 

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2005-2006 (The question was added in 2005).

Definitions: 

NSD: Not sufficient data.



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