Government Plans to Collect Health Data on LGBT Population, Improve Data Collection Standards

The Department of Health and Human Services recently announced that it will begin collecting data on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) populations, to better understand and address health disparities. The department also announced new draft standards for collecting and reporting data on race, ethnicity, sex, primary language and disability status. According to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, “The data we will eventually collect in these efforts will serve as powerful tools and help us in our fight to end health disparities.” The race/ethnicity standards, for example, will improve data collection for various racial and ethnic subgroups, especially among Asian, Hispanic/Latino and Pacific Islander populations.

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