The Overview of Health Disparities analysis is a component of the Healthy People 2020 (HP2020) Final Review. The analysis included 611 objectives in HP2020. See Technical Notes for the Healthy People 2020 Overview of Health Disparities (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/healthy_people/hp2020/health-disparities.htm) for additional information and criteria for objectives, data years, and population characteristics included in the analysis and statistical formulas and definitions for the disparities measures.

This file contains estimates and standard errors for the baseline and final years for individual population groups used in the Overview of Health Disparities analysis. The number and definitions of population groups varied across the HP2020 objectives and data sources used. These population groups are shown in the disparities file as originally reported by the data source, rather than the harmonized categories that were used for the HP2020 Progress by Population Group analysis (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/healthy_people/hp2020/population-groups.htm). Additionally, for any given objective, the baseline and final years used for the disparities analysis do not necessarily correspond to the baseline and final years used to evaluate progress toward target attainment in the HP2020 Final Review Progress Table (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/healthy_people/hp2020/progress-tables.htm) and Progress by Population Group analysis (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/healthy_people/hp2020/population-groups.htm). These distinctions should be considered when merging the downloadable Progress Table or Progress by Population Group data files with the Overview of Health Disparities data files, or when integrative analyses that incorporate both disparities and progress data are conducted.

Data for additional years during the HP2020 tracking period that are not included in the Overview of Health Disparities are available on the HP2020 website (https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/).