Georgios Karamanis |||

Racial disparities in infertility care access for this week’s #TidyTuesday

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This bar chart illustrates disparities in access to infertility care among women who reported infertility in the United States. The chart is organized horizontally with demographic categories listed on the left and corresponding percentages extending to the right. The visualization shows significant disparities by race, education, and insurance status. Non-Hispanic Asian and white women have notably higher rates of seeking infertility care (approximately 65-80%) compared to non-Hispanic Black and Mexican/American women (approximately 40-44%). Each bar displays the exact percentage, and patterned fill areas represent the 95% confidence intervals for each estimate. A horizontal reference line at 50% helps visualize which groups fall above or below this threshold in accessing care. The overall rate of infertility care access is 59.6% among all women reporting infertility.

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