Syphilis is one of the most glaring examples of racial disparity in health status, with the rate for African-Americans nearly 34 times the rate for whites. Cases in 1998 had the following race or ethnicity distribution: African-Americans 80%, whites 13%, Hispanics 6%, and others 1%. (American Social Health Association) The report from the National Center for Health Statistics in 2008 showed Black women continuing to lead the nation in out-of-wedlock births. A whopping 72.3 percent of Black babies were born to unmarried women.