Asian Americans account for about 3.6% of the U.S. population. According to the Office of Minority Health, by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Asian Americans have three times the incidence rate of liver cancer, 24 times the incidence rate of tuberculosis, and are 1.2 times as likely to have Hepatitis B than White Americans. Asian American women suffer not only from rates of cervical cancer that are five times higher than White women, but also from rates of stomach cancer that are three times higher than White women. Asian American men are twice as likely to die from stomach cancer as compared to the White population.

Asian American health quality is challenged with language and cultural barriers, the lack of health insurance and infrequent medical visits, due to the fear of deportation, among other factors. So what can be done?

There are several organizations whose purpose is to change the existing disparities of the Asian American people. These include the Two Reasons I Find the Time to Prevent Diabetes: My Future and Theirs program, the National Women’s Health Information Center Stomach Cancer Program,and the Cervical Cancer Screening: What Vietnamese Women Should Know program among others.