HOMETOWN HEALTH FACTBOOK, ARKANSAS 2001

DECRIPTIONS OF TERMS

SECTIONAL HEADINGS

2000 DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS
        HEALTH MANAGEMENT AREA AND COUNTY RANK


2000 RURAL/URBAN DISTRIBUTIONS

ECONOMIC FACTORS
        POPULATION LESS THAN 100% POVERTY
        POPULATION LESS THAN 200% POVERTY
                UNINSURED
                MEDICARE
                UNDER AGE 65 AND MEDICAID
        UNINSURED - STATE SURVEY (1997-1999)
        UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
        PER CAPITA INCOME
        MEDICAID ELIGIBLE
        ELIGIBLE CHILDREN
        EPSDT PARTICIPATION
        AFDC AVERAGE CASELOAD
        WIC AVERAGE CASELOAD

FERTILITY
        LIVE BIRTHS
        LOW BIRTH WEIGHT
        BIRTHS TO ADOLESCENTS (10-17 YEARS)
        PRENATAL CARE (NO 1ST TRIMESTER CARE)
        LIVE BIRTHS (1993-1998)
        LOW BIRTH WEIGHT (1993-1998)
        GENERAL FERTILITY RATE (1998)
        TEEN FERTILITY RATE (1998)

1999 MORBIDITY

1998 MORTALITY
        INFANT MORTALITY
        AGE ADJUSTED MORTALITY RATE
        "CAUSE OF DEATH"

1999 HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREA (HPSA)

1999 MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA (MUA)

1999 HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
        TOTAL PHYSICIANS
        PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN
        TOTAL CHIROPRACTORS
        TOTAL DENTAL
        TOTAL OPTOMETRY
        TOTAL SOCIAL WORK
        TOTAL NURSING

COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS

LOCAL HEALTH UNITS

MEDICAL FACILITIES AND PROVIDERS

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES

MAPS
        PUBLIC HEALTH REGIONS, ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH