Clear Disparities

Click for an interactive map that shows racial disparities in Chicago nursing homes.

June 29, 2009
From the July, 2009 issue of the Chicago Reporter, Critical Condition

Clear disparities exist in the number and quality of nursing homes in Chicago in neighborhood where the majority of seniors are black compared with communities in which the most seniors are white.

The map below shows nursing homes by rating level and the majority race of seniors in the city's neighborhoods.




Notes: Nursing home locations represent estimates and may not be exact. Data are current as of May 2009.
Sources: Nursing Home Compare, Illinois Department of Public Health, U.S. Census Bureau, Professor Vincent Mor of Brown University.

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