Table 3.

Hospital Referral Region Segregation Levels and Poverty Levels.

HRR location	1990 Census dissimilarity	2000 Census dissimilarity	2005–2008 ACS dissimilarity	1990 Census isolation	2000 Census isolation	2005–2008 ACS isolation	1990 Census poverty	2000 Census poverty	2005–2008 ACS poverty
Los Angeles, CA	0.65	0.64	0.62	0.39	0.30	0.26	14.79	17.53	16.00
Newark, DE	0.45	0.44	0.44	0.35	0.36	0.36	8.13	8.54	10.69
Washington, DC^a	0.72	0.72	0.67	0.70	0.68	0.63	8.65	9.51	8.86
Miami, FL	0.61	0.62	0.58	0.49	0.46	0.44	16.22	15.99	16.05
Chicago, IL	0.74	0.75	0.76	0.75	0.72	0.70	21.50	19.54	21.43
Indianapolis, IN	0.69	0.67	0.64	0.41	0.39	0.35	10.40	8.88	13.66
Baltimore, MD^a	0.62	0.59	0.56	0.57	0.57	0.55	10.37	10.16	10.57
Springfield, MA	0.63	0.66	0.64	0.31	0.25	0.20	11.34	12.17	14.05
Brooklyn, NY	0.68	0.76	0.74	0.61	0.57	0.54	19.55	21.54	19.11
Akron, OH	0.65	0.65	0.63	0.42	0.40	0.39	11.88	9.94	14.41
Cleveland, OH	0.75	0.73	0.71	0.64	0.61	0.59	11.47	10.43	13.96
Houston, TX	0.51	0.55	0.52	0.42	0.37	0.32	15.25	13.74	15.39

2 hospitals in this location are included in the Consortium on Safe Labor.