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Table 2 Distribution of the Dissimilarity Index (median (interquartile range, IQR)) by racial/ethnic group by geographic level, New York City metropolitan area, 2010

From: Use of hospitals in the New York City Metropolitan Region, by race: how separate? How equal in resources and quality?

Geographic level

Non-Hispanic White

Non-Hispanic Black

Hispanic

Asian/Pacific Islander, Alaskan Native/American Indian

NYC metropolitan region (n = 1)

40.1

36.1

37.6

30.3

Counties (n = 9)

23.5 (18.1–25.7)

23.5 (20.9–26.8)

20.2 (14.2–21.5)

13.7 (11.2–22.3)

HRRs (n = 6)

27.5 (14.5–32.1)

18.2 (8.1–29.6)

23.7 (11.9–25.9)

10.5 (8.6–20.2)

HSAs (n = 37)

16.9 (11.5–21.2)

13.4 (4.6–17.9)

13.6 (8.5–20.5)

12.0 (8.3–13.8)

  1. Minorities are the sum of non-Hispanic Black, Hispanics, Asian/Pacific Islander, Alaskan Native/American Indian, and other race/ethnicity groups that are not non-Hispanic White. Due to the symmetry between NHW and minorities (the sum of these two proportion equals to one) in calculating DI, measures of DI for NHW is the same as DI for minorities