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Healthcare & Medicine: The most lethal version of the gap.

Medicine has the largest absolute gap, the longest training pipeline, and the most studied effect of representation on outcomes. Concordance changes mortality. The numbers below have a body count.

The Breakdown

Latino representation across sub-occupations.

Gold line = 19.5% U.S. Latino population parity (Census ACS 2023). Each row sourced individually below.

Physicians (MD/DO)
6.7%
AAMC 2024
Registered Nurses
10.5%
BLS 2023
Dentists
5.9%
ADA 2023
Mental Health Providers (LCSW, LMFT, Psychologists)
7%
BLS · APA 2023
Pharmacists
5.1%
BLS 2023
Public Health Workforce
11%
ASTHO / CDC 2023

Primary source: AAMC (2024). Physician Specialty Data Report. American Medical Association.

Why This Matters

The mechanism inside this number.

A growing body of peer-reviewed research, including a 2020 Oakland RCT (Greenwood et al., NBER 26967), shows representation in healthcare moves measurable outcomes. care uptake, adherence, and in some studies, mortality. The gap in physicians alone (6.7% vs. 19.5% population) is among the most-cited in medical education research.

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