Disparities Quotes

And, as in previous years, the rates for black and Puerto Rican infants were higher than other groups... We are working closely with medical and community partners to reduce persistent disparities. - Thomas Frieden

And now I hope the Health Partnership and the community will ... continue to provide health programs... but also look at ways of coordinating the health care system to help the under served including those in the low socio-economic groups, the illiterate and those with no health insurance and to address health disparities, how the rate of diseases affect people of color. - Priscilla Barnes

Al Gore needs to understand that what happened in Florida is not necessarily about him... suffered serious infractions and irregularities and disparities. And the fact is that -- if nothing more -- the residual from this should be election reform. - Alcee Hastings

[But it has also led to some startlingly wide inequalities: environmental damage, disparities of education, poor working conditions, significant differences in wages,] factors that are part of the reason for the expected protests outside... We must work to right these inequalities. - Stanley Fischer