Race Disaggregation and Racial and Ethnic Disparities in US Youth Mortality—Reply.

This article discusses the importance of disaggregating racial and ethnic data to accurately understand disparities in youth mortality rates in the United States. The authors acknowledge that grouping diverse populations into broad categories can obscure important differences. They explain the historical changes in race categories used in data collection and highlight the challenges of using bridged-race data. The authors emphasize the need for more precise racial and ethnic groups in public health research and note that the CDC has transitioned to providing single-race death counts. They conclude by emphasizing the importance of interpreting racial and ethnic trends over time as institutions adopt more precise categories. [Extracted from the article]