Numerous studies have also documented racial and ethnic disparities in health.[29] White children are half as likely as Black and Latino children not to be in excellent or very good health.[30] Some disparities are starkest between White and Black children. For example, Black children are 20% more likely to have a limitation of activity and more than twice as likely to have elevated blood lead levels. Disparities are also apparent in access to health care. Children who lack suffi cient resources due to family income or insurance status and children of color face greater problems in receiving appropriate care.[31] (See Figure.
