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Missing years are not interpolated, intervals are not annualized, and market, industry, geographic, business-flow, and merger measures keep separate units, universes, period bases, and legal meanings. Antitrust Radar does not combine them into a composite competition score.","filters":{"direction":"unchanged","directionMatched":true,"domain":"all","domainMatched":true,"lens":"all","lensMatched":true,"metric":"all","metricMatched":true,"query":"","signal":null,"signalMatched":true},"activeSignalId":"industry-median-hhi:62","metrics":[{"id":"market-hhi","label":"Defined-market HHI","lens":"concentration","unit":"hhi_points"},{"id":"market-cr4","label":"Defined-market CR4","lens":"concentration","unit":"percentage_points"},{"id":"market-leader-share","label":"Leading-participant share","lens":"concentration","unit":"percentage_points"},{"id":"industry-median-hhi","label":"Detailed-industry median HHI","lens":"concentration","unit":"hhi_points"},{"id":"state-bank-median-hhi","label":"Median statewide bank-deposit HHI","lens":"concentration","unit":"hhi_points"},{"id":"national-bank-deposit-hhi","label":"National bank-deposit HHI","lens":"concentration","unit":"hhi_points"},{"id":"fixed-broadband-hhi","label":"Fixed broadband HHI by geographic scale","lens":"concentration","unit":"hhi_points"},{"id":"establishment-entry-rate","label":"Establishment entry rate","lens":"activity","unit":"percentage_points"},{"id":"establishment-exit-rate","label":"Establishment exit rate","lens":"activity","unit":"percentage_points"},{"id":"job-creation-rate","label":"Job creation rate","lens":"activity","unit":"percentage_points"},{"id":"job-destruction-rate","label":"Job destruction rate","lens":"activity","unit":"percentage_points"},{"id":"net-job-creation-rate","label":"Net job creation rate","lens":"activity","unit":"percentage_points"},{"id":"reallocation-rate","label":"Excess job reallocation rate","lens":"activity","unit":"percentage_points"},{"id":"hsr-transactions","label":"HSR transactions reported","lens":"activity","unit":"count"},{"id":"hsr-second-request-rate","label":"HSR Second Request rate","lens":"activity","unit":"percentage_points"}],"rows":[{"id":"industry-median-hhi:62","domain":"industries","domainLabel":"Census industries","lens":"concentration","entityId":"naics-sector-62","entityCode":"62","entityLabel":"Health care and social assistance","metricId":"industry-median-hhi","metricLabel":"Median detailed-industry HHI","unit":"hhi_points","periodBasis":"calendar_year","priorYear":2017,"priorPeriod":"2017","priorValue":35.8,"priorSourceId":"census-ecnsize-concentration-2017","latestYear":2022,"latestPeriod":"2022","latestValue":35.8,"latestSourceId":"census-ecnsize-concentration-2022","yearsBetween":5,"delta":0,"deltaPercent":0,"direction":"unchanged","evidenceCount":26,"evidenceLabel":"26/38 strict six-digit pairs / 68.4% coverage","dataStatus":"verified","confidenceLevel":"high","sourceCount":2,"sourceIds":["census-ecnsize-concentration-2017","census-ecnsize-concentration-2022"],"publishers":["U.S. Census Bureau"],"latestSourceAccessDate":"2026-07-18","observation":"Health care and social assistance moved from a paired-universe median HHI of 35.8 in 2017 to 35.8 in 2022 (0.0 HHI points).","interpretation":"The 2022 median is unchanged than the 2017 median across the same published strict-match screen. Sector medians are orientation statistics, not sector HHI values or legal market findings.","researchQuestion":"Which six-digit industries drive the sector shift, and where do product, geography, entry, conduct, price, quality, or enforcement records justify deeper market-level research?","comparisonNote":"Difference between the 2017 and 2022 medians for the same strict six-digit matched universe; this is not the median of row-level changes.","guardrail":"Sector rows summarize strict six-digit NAICS matches. Their medians are not sector HHI values, legal antitrust markets, liability findings, or causal estimates. Vintage medians and the median of row-level changes are distinct distribution statistics and need not reconcile. Publication coverage varies by metric, and revenue changes are nominal.","entityHref":"/industries/62","explorerHref":"/trends/industries?sector=62#industry-history-workbench","monitorHref":"/economy/monitor?signal=industry-median-hhi%3A62#competition-monitor-console"}]}