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. 2002 Aug;92(8):1272–1277. doi: 10.2105/ajph.92.8.1272

TABLE 2.

—Racial Composition of Study Facilities, by Facility Type

Nursing Home Residential Care/Assisted Living
< 16 Beds (n – 105) Traditional, ≥ 16 Beds (n – 37) New-Model, ≥ 16 Beds (n – 39) (n – 39)
No. (%) of facilities witha:
    No African Americans 75 (71) 25 (68) 18 (46) 9 (26)
    1%–25% of residents African American 11 (9) 9 (24) 20 (51) 19 (49)
    26%–50% of residents African American 6 (6) 2 (5) 1 (3) 6 (15)
    51%–75% of residents African American 3 (3) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (5)
    76%–99% of residents African American 3 (3) 1 (3) 0 (0) 3 (8)
    All residents African American 7 (7) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
    Facilities with any African American residents, % 29 32 54 77
Avg %, by facility type:
    Of residents who are African American 13 5 4 24
    Of all African American residents who reside in facilities > 50% African American 73 30 0 58
    Of all White residents who reside in facilities > 50% White 99 100 100 93

aPercentages may not add up to 100 owing to rounding.