2) Inequality on a group

• Factor 1 - Health Insurance

  P - AA has harder access to healthcare, unlike UK the USA doesn't have a free NHS.

  E - Americans pay for medical bills by insurance, USA NH provision limited - most expected pay for own healthcare. AA more likely be unemployed = less likely to afford insurance.

  E - 2023, 11% of AA uninsured, 7% of Asians.

  A - Despite both being ethnic minorities, significant difference in access to healthcare. Asians 2x more likely be insured = AA worse health conditions as not as easily accessible healthcare.
• Factor 1 - Low Life Expectancy

  P - AA have lowest life expectancy compared to all other ethnic groups

  E - Poor health linked to poverty - AA disproportionately face (segregation) in areas with high unemployment and low income. People with fewer socioeconomic have less healthy diets, activeness, sleep = heart disease. Risk factors (stroke, diabetes) start earlier among AA.

  E - AA life expectancy 75 years, Whites 87

  A - Disparities in life expectancy and extent AA face health inequality = negative health impact - AA live 12 years less than whites
• Factor 2 - Unemployment

  P - AA more likely to be unemployed

  E - Unemployment correlated with attainment - AA less likely to complete school = higher risk of unemployment as they don't have the skills or qualifications

  E - 2023 AA unemployment rate 5.5% , White unemployment rate 3%

  A - AA more likely to be unemployed than any race, 2x as likely as Asians
• Factor 2 - Low Pay

  P - AA experience far worse economic conditions than whites

  E - AA more likely to work retail, Whites in private sector. Most profitable companies paying workers less than $15 an hour. Welfare payments remained low.

  E - 2021 White household made average of $250,000, AA $27,000

  A - AA make 10x less than Whites, AA underrepresented in highest paying industries