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MAPPING HEALTH DISPARITIES IN MASSACHUSETTS...a conversation with Secretary JudyAnn Bigby

IF YOU ARE WHITE AND WELL EDUCATED IN MASSACHUSETTS…YOUR HEALTH IS GENERALLY GOOD…ACCORDING TO A STATE REPORT OUT TODAY. BUT IF YOU DIDN’T GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE…YOU DIE YOUNGER THAN RESIDENTS WHO DID. AND IF YOU ARE BLACK OR LATINO…YOU FACE MORE HEALTH PROBLEMS IN JUST ABOUT EVERY CATEGORY, ON AVERAGE, AS COMPARED TO WHITES. JOINING US FOR A LOOK AT WHO’S HEALTHY, WHO’S NOT AND WHY, IS SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, JUDYANN BIGBY.

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This program aired on November 28, 2007. The audio for this program is not available.

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