Chances are, the disparity between the two reports was mostly statistical noise.
From the time.com
It may prove important to the president's work on income disparity, Rogoff said.
From the abcnews.go.com
If you don't like the disparity then demand better treatment from your employer.
From the economist.com
The disparity will increase as unions seem to be set to become weaker over time.
From the economist.com
That would make Romney's rate disparity, top to bottom, egregiously progressive.
From the ocregister.com
That would end this disparity, reducing our costs, and Europe would go bankrupt.
From the economist.com
There are 80 million women in Nigeria, but gender disparity is an acute problem.
From the guardian.co.uk
Depending on season and location, the disparity is at least a factor of 5 to 10.
From the dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com
Despite the smaller ratio between men and women's wages, disparity still exists.
From the en.wikipedia.org
More examples
Inequality or difference in some respect
The state of being unequal; difference; incongruity
(Disparities (in care)) Disparities in care are differences in the delivery of health care, access to health care services and medical outcomes based on ethnicity, geography, gender and other factors that do not include socioeconomic status or insurance coverage. ...
The difference between the number of 1's and 0's in a Transmission Character. A Transmission Character with more 1's than 0's is said to have positive running disparity. A Transmission Character with more 0's than 1's is said to have negative running disparity. ...
In a binocular vision system, the displacement of a pixel between the two images due to the difference in point of observation.
Major variations in morphology or body plan.
Variation in pay to workers engaged in similar work in similar industries or in different economic regions.
1. a difference in health care quality based on geography. 2. a difference in health care quality and/or availability based on race, socioeconomic, or some other status.