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Health literacy is “the degree to which individuals can obtain, process, and understand the basic health information and services they need to make appropriate health decisions.” It represents a constellation of skills necessary for people to function effectively in the health care environment and act appropriately on health care information. These skills include the ability to interpret documents, read and write prose (print literacy), use quantitative information (numeracy), and speak and listen effectively (oral literacy). Low health literacy is a significant problem in the United States. In 2003, approximately 80 million adults in the United States (36 percent) had limited health. | Racial and Ethnic Disparities in . Health Care A Chartbook Holly Mead Lara Cartwright-Smith Karen Jones Christal Ramos Kristy Woods and Bruce Siegel Racial and Ethnic Disparities in . Health Care A Chartbook Holly Mead Lara Cartwright-Smith Karen Jones Christal Ramos and Bruce Siegel Department of Health Policy School of Public Health and Health Services The George Washington University Kristy Woods Maya Angelou Research Center on Minority Health Wake Forest University School of Medicine March 2008 Support for this research was provided by The Commonwealth Fund. The views presented here are those of the authors and not necessarily those of The Commonwealth Fund or its directors officers or staff. This and other Fund publications are available online at . To learn more about new publications when they become available visit the Fund s Web site and register to receive e-mail alerts. Commonwealth Fund pub. no. 1111. 3 Contents About the Authors Technical Chapter 1 Chapter 2 The Demographics of Chart 2-1 United States Chart 2-2 Projected Population of the United Chart 2-3 Low-Income Chart 2-4 Median Family Chart 2-5 Educational Chart 2-6 Language Chart 2-7 Median Chapter 3 Disparities in Health Status and Chart 3-1 Health Chart 3-2 Chronic Condition or Chart 3-3 Chronic Conditions and Chart 3-4 Life Chart 3-5 Infant Chart 3-6 Infant Mortality by Birthplace of Chart 3-7 Chart 3-8 Chart 3-9 Chart 3-10 Chart 3-11 Chart 3-12 Chart 3-13 Chart 3-14 Chart 3-15 Cardiovascular Disease. Mortality from Heart Disease Breast Cancer. Colorectal Cancer. Prostate Cancer. Cervical Cancer. 33 .