This edition of the Women of Color Health Data Book, prepared by the Joint Center for the National Institutes of Health, provides the most recent available information on different populations of women in the United States and represents a much desired update on the health of women of color. Originally published in 1997, and updated in 2002, this third edition of the Women of Color Health Data Book includes more information and updated statistics. The standards have been revised to include five minimum racial categories: American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, black or African American, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and white. This edition of the Women of Color Health Data Book continues to support recognition of the importance of women’s health and, more specifically, the role of culture, ethnicity, race, socioeconomic background, geographic location, and other social and economic factors as important contributors to health status. The expanded concepts of women’s health, and therefore research, focus on the study and understanding of women’s health as a reflection of the myriad of elements that contribute to the overall quality of women’s lives in the United States today.

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This fact sheet offers data on the use of contraceptives by African American adolescents, particularly when compared to their white counterparts. More on these findings can be found in The Reproductive Health of African American Adolescents: What We Know and What We Don't Know.

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