Counting a Diverse Nation: Disaggregating Data on Race and Ethnicity to Advance a Culture of Health

From 2007-2013, the Refugee and Immigrant Legislative Day advocated for the disaggregation of data. This report examines the impact of aggregated data on the health outcomes of invisible communities, such as Americans of Southeast Asian and Pacific Islander backgrounds, individual American Indian nations, refugees from a Middle Eastern country, and immigrants from nations in Central America or Africa. When these groups seek to be counted and have their life circumstances documented, theirs is a call for visibility and full inclusion.