Table 2.

Percentage of African American mothers at Prentice Women’s Hospital, by level of racial residential segregation and neighborhood poverty, 2009–2013 (N = 4,748)

Segregation category,a %	Neighborhood poverty categoryb
	High	Medium	Low
High	27.2	22.3	13.2
Medium	5.2	4.8	6.7
Low	1.0	6.3	13.4

^aLevels of racial residential segregation categorized into high, medium, and low based on the value of the local G_i* statistic, which measures the deviation of the racial composition of the census tract from the larger area. Segregation levels based on a G_i* statistic z-score of less than 0, 0–1.96, and greater than 1.96, represent low, medium, and high categories, respectively.

^bLevels of neighborhood poverty categorized into high, medium, and low based on tertiles of the percentage of neighborhood residents living in poverty.