Vital and health statistics. Series 10, Data from the National Health Survey
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Vital Health Stat 10 · Jul 2005
Health status of non-Hispanic U.S.-born and foreign-born black and white persons: United States, 1992-95.
This report describes differences in selected sociodemographic and health characteristics of the non-Hispanic U.S. population by race (black and white) and nativity (U.S-born and foreign-born), using data from the 1992-95 National Health Interview Surveys (NHIS). ⋯ The data show significant differences in health characteristics between groups classified by race and nativity. Information about the nativity status of black and white populations may be useful in public health efforts to eliminate health disparities.