On Sat, 18 Apr 2020 09:57:20 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 4/18/2020 7:37 AM, Janet wrote:
>
>>
>> Here's the figures according to a nationwide survey of US water supply
>> companies.
>>
>> https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/ne...15-million-us-
>> residents-had-water-shut-2016
>
>> The highest shutoff rates were disproportionately in cities with
>> more people living in poverty, more unemployment and more people of
>> color.
>
>> Janet UK
>>
>
>Not sure how they call that disproportionately. I would expect poverty
>areas to have a higher incidence of late bill payment than the well to
>do areas.

Disproportionate as in 'larger numbers than average'.