Official statistics about ethnicity in advanced societies are no better than those in less developed countries. An open industrial society is inherently fluid,

The change in the way the federal government asked for information about race in the 2000 census marked an important turning point in the way Americans measure

In their later years, Americans of different racial and ethnic backgrounds are not in equally good-or equally poor-health. There is wide variation, but on avera

Disparities in health and health care across racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds in the United States are well documented. The reasons for these dispa