Health Status Disparities

"Health Status Disparities" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Variation in rates of disease occurrence and disabilities between population groups defined by socioeconomic characteristics such as age, ethnicity, economic resources, or gender and populations identified geographically or similar measures.

Descriptor ID	D054624
MeSH Number(s)	I01.240.425.675 N01.224.425.437 N06.850.505.400.425.675
Concept/Terms	Health Status Disparities Health Status Disparities Disparities, Health Status Disparity, Health Status Status Disparity, Health Health Status Disparity

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Health Status Disparities".

Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Social Sciences [I01]
Demography [I01.240]
Health Status [I01.240.425]
Health Status Disparities [I01.240.425.675]
Health Care [N]
Population Characteristics [N01]
Demography [N01.224]
Health Status [N01.224.425]
Health Status Disparities [N01.224.425.437]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Epidemiologic Measurements [N06.850.505]
Demography [N06.850.505.400]
Health Status [N06.850.505.400.425]
Health Status Disparities [N06.850.505.400.425.675]

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Bar chart showing 485 publications over 21 distinct years, with a maximum of 42 publications in 2020

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2004	1	1	2
2007	3	2	5
2008	11	5	16
2009	17	11	28
2010	18	9	27
2011	16	7	23
2012	20	5	25
2013	12	7	19
2014	24	16	40
2015	26	8	34
2016	22	7	29
2017	18	18	36
2018	16	9	25
2019	20	10	30
2020	26	16	42
2021	13	18	31
2022	2	4	6
2023	9	5	14
2024	11	22	33
2025	17	2	19
2026	1	0	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Status Disparities" by people in Profiles.

Sakamoto J, Parish DA, Rivas ER, Mandal A, Siengsukon C, Aoyagi K. Are there racial and ethnic disparities in sleep problems among people with chronic pain? Systematic review and meta-analysis. Pain Med. 2026 Mar 01; 27(3):361-369.

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Barreto GA, Li T, Gwanzura T, Sheehan DM, Trepka MJ. Comparison of Premature Cause-Specific Mortality Among People With HIV in Florida Pre-(2019) and Early (2020) COVID-19 Pandemic: Disparities by Race and Ethnicity, Sex, Rurality, and Social Vulnerability. J Prim Care Community Health. 2026 Jan-Dec; 17:21501319261422872.

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Miyatani Y, Ogawa A, Sempokuya T, Tran C, James D, Seto T, Shikuma C, Kuwada SK. Ethnic disparities in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and clinical outcomes. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2025; 16:1739137.

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Akinyemi O, Fasokun M, Ogunyankin F, Salami RA, Osondu IS, Eze A, Hughes K, Michael M, Ogundare T. Impact of childhood household support on depression and self-reported mental and physical health. PLoS One. 2025; 20(12):e0328431.

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Mssika A, Robinson B, Tinsley S, Bertini A, Stephens A, Finocchiaro A, Vigano S, Perri A, Lughezzani G, Buffi N, Sorce G, Ficarra V, Salonia A, Briganti A, Montorsi F, Sood A, Rogers C, Abdollah F. Disparities in Prostate Cancer-Specific Mortality in Incarcerated vs Nonincarcerated Patients in Michigan: A Statewide Retrospective Cohort Study. Urol Pract. 2026 Jan; 13(1):24-32.

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Norris KC, Hudson MF, Wilson MR, Wojcik GL, Ofili EO, Hedges JR. Applying Race and Ethnicity in Health Disparities Research. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2025 Oct 14; 22(10).

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Wannaphut C, Tanariyakul M, Yoshikawa GT, Hernandez BY, Villanueva NA, Acoba JD. Survival disparities in non-small cell lung cancer: Disaggregating Asians from NHPI and identifying variability among common Asian subgroups - The largest single-center study in Hawai'i. Cancer Epidemiol. 2025 Dec; 99:102904.

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V?zquez E, Duong I, Rabin BA, Stadnick NA, Watson PL, Cain KL, Pozar M, Cheney A. Ripple Effects Mapping: Evaluating Multilevel Perspectives and Impacts of a Statewide Community-Academic Partnership Network on Covid-19 Health Disparities. Health Expect. 2025 10; 28(5):e70446.

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Rojas-Alvarez A, Chung H, Cabrero Castro JE, Umucu E. Profile and disparities in health outcomes for older adults with dual diagnoses of diabetes and Alzheimer's disease. J Alzheimers Dis. 2025 Nov; 108(2):757-767.

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Holub CK, Martinez K, Crespo NC, Hoang D, Markidis M, Lepule T. Co-Designing Technology to Reduce Health Disparities and Address New Norms Post-COVID-19: Proposal for a Mixed Methods Community-Based Participatory Research Approach. JMIR Res Protoc. 2025 Sep 18; 14:e73927.

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