Slide 12. Racial Residential Segregation—Apartheid-era South Africa (1991) and the U.S. (2010)

Taking Action to Achieve Health Equity: Implications of the Affordable Care Act for Communities of Color

On April 13, 2012, Brian D. Smedley made this presentation at the meeting of the National Advisory Council.

Slide 12. Racial Residential Segregation-Apartheid-era South Africa (1991) and the US (2010).

Image: A bar chart compares racial resident segregation in South Africa with the United States and selected U.S. cities according to the Segregation Index:

  • South Africa: 90.
  • Detroit: 85.
  • Milwaukee: 83.
  • New York: 81.
  • Chicago: 80.
  • Newark: 80.
  • Cleveland: 77.
  • United States: 66.

Source: Massey 2004; Iceland et al 2002; Frey 2011

 

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Internet Citation: Slide 12. Racial Residential Segregation—Apartheid-era South Africa (1991) and the U.S. (2010): Taking Action to Achieve Health Equity: Implications of the Affordable Care Act for Communities of Color. August 2012. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/news/events/nac/2012-04-nac/smedley/smedleyslide12.html