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2000 DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS


 

Total

Overall Percent

County Rank

Percent Change

Male

Female

White

NonWhite

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

total

23,546

100.0

72

10.1

11,326

12,220

17,972

5,574

 

Under 1

294

1.2

36

25.1

151

143

227

67

1 - 4

1,109

4.7

61

5.0

596

513

800

309

5 - 9

1,317

5.6

74

3.2

677

640

929

388

10 - 14

1,483

6.3

72

8.4

755

728

969

514

15 - 19

2,424

10.3

1

8.2

1,156

1,268

1,839

585

20 - 24

3,194

13.6

1

25.5

1,606

1,588

2,570

624

25 - 29

1,455

6.2

30

3.9

756

699

1,104

351

30 - 34

1,270

5.4

67

-6.3

613

657

930

340

35 - 39

1,382

5.9

75

9.1

653

729

989

393

40 - 44

1,500

6.4

73

20.0

744

756

1,097

403

45 - 54

2,662

11.3

75

34.5

1,309

1,353

2,074

588

55 - 64

2,023

8.6

68

8.6

944

1,079

1,665

358

65 - 74

1,746

7.4

50

-5.7

776

970

1,430

316

75 - 84

1,195

5.1

40

-7.6

443

752

974

221

85+

492

2.1

35

20.9

147

345

390

102

10 - 17

2,384

10.1

1

8.7

1,222

1,162

1,713

671

18 - 19

1,523

6.5

44

7.6

689

834

1,155

368

65+

3,433

14.6

44

-3.4

1,366

2,067

2,794

639

 

 

2000 RURAL/URBAN DISTRIBUTIONS  

 

 

Population

Percent of Total

County Rank

Population in 2000:

23,546

Urbanized Areas (Places 2,500+)

10,912

46.3%

23

County Rank:

32

Urbanized Areas (Places 10,000+)

10,912

46.3%

12

Population Density:

27 people per square mile

 

 

 

 

County Rank:

42

    

 

ECONOMIC FACTORS     

 

2000

Number

Percent of Total

County Rank

2000

Percent of Total

Number

County Rank

Population Less Than 100% Poverty

3,633

18.2%

38

Unemployment Rate (2001)

3.8%

11,550

68

Population 0-17 Less Than 100% Poverty

1,290

26.7%

35

Per Capita Income (1998)

 

$20,777.00

22

Federal Estimate of persons under 200% poverty and:

 

Medicaid Eligible

16.6%

3,910

62

          Uninsured

3,927

18.3%

35

Medicaid Eligible Children

29.0%

2,182

70

          Medicare

1,920

9.0%

46

EPSDT Participation (2001)

49.3%

 

5

          Under Age 65 and Medicaid+

2,026

9.5%

36

TEA (AFDC) Average Caseload

0.8%

200

63

Uninsured - State survey (1998 - 2000)

2,378

10.1%

72

WIC Average Caseload

 

754

35

+Federal estimates are based on national data and subject to significant error.  See definition for discussion.

 

FERTILITY

 

2000

Number

Percent or Rate

County Rank

 

Number or Rate

County Rank

Live Births

302

14.2**

37

Live Births (1996 - 2000)

1,444

34

Low Birth Weight

29

9.6%

28

Low Birth Weight (1996 - 2000)

8.4%

38

Birth To Adolescents (10 - 17)

15

5.0%

49

General Fertility Rate (2000)

53.0**

72

Prenatal Care (no 1st trimester care

75

25.9%

17

Teen Fertility Rate (2000)

33.1**

74

Female Population,15 - 19

1,268

11.5%

1

Female Population, 15 - 44

5,697

25

**Rate is per 1,000 population.

 

2000 MORBIDITY

 

 

Number

Rate++

County Rank

 

Number

Rate++

County Rank

Vaccine Preventable Diseases

0

0.0

56

           Syphilis:

 

 

 

Tuberculosis

3

12.7

15

Primary/Secondary

1

4.2

12

HIV

<4

<17.0

17

Early Latent

1

4.2

33

AIDS

<4

<17.0

47

Congenital

0

0.0

41

Gonorrhea

37

157.1

26

            Chlamydia

54

229.3

33

++Rate is per 100,000 population.

 

 

 

2000 MORTALITY     

 

Number

Rate

County Rank

 

Number

Rate

County Rank

Infant Mortality

3

9.9+ 

27

Breast Cancer

3

12.6++

37

All Causes

258

971.7++

50

Cerebrovascular Disease

23

84.4++

24

Heart Disease

84

308.0++

34

Motor Vehicle Accidents

9

36.8++

23

Cardiovascular Disease

112

409.4++

32

Work Related Injuries

3

12.0++

5

Cancer

47

188.3++

61

Suicide

1

3.2++

68

Lung Cancer

15

60.5++

58

Homicide

0

0.0++

64

+ Rate is per 1,000 live births.

++ Rate is per 100,000 and  age adjusted to U.S. 2000 population.

 

2000 HEALTH PROFESSIONS SHORTAGE AREAS (HPSA)                                   2000 MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREAS (MUA)

Is this a total county HPSA?

NO

 

Is this a total county MUA?

YES

Are there geographic county HPSAs?

NO

 

Is this a partial county MUA?

NO

Are there population group HPSAs?

NO

 

Population of MUA:      23,546

(100% of county population)

Are there facility HPSAs?

NO

 

 

 

Population of HPSA:

0

(0.0% of county population)

 

 

 

2001 HEALTH PROFESSIONALS                         

 

Number

 

Number

 

Number

Total Physicians

19

Total Dental

28

Total Nursing

280

Primary Care Physicians

15

Total Optometry

3

Licensed Practical Nurse

121

Total Chiropractors

3

Total Social Work

12

Registered Nurse

158

 

COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS  

Name of Center

Site

Physician FTE

Registered Nurse Practioner FTE

Physician's Assistant FTE

Dentist FTE

Encounters

CABUN Rural Health Services

Amity

1.0

 

 

 

2,328

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOCAL HEALTH UNITS

 

PHN

Sanitarian

LPN

PHT

Clerk

Other

 

Local Health Units

FTE

FTE

FTE

FTE

FTE

FTE

Encounters

ARKADELPHIA

2.4

2.0

1.0

0.0

5.0

6.0

4,928

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MEDICAL FACILITIES

 

 

Name of Facility

Type of Facility

Number of Beds

AGENCY ON AGING OF WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS, INC.

Home Health Agency

0

BAPTIST HEALTH HOME HEALTH

Home Health Agency

0

BAPTIST HEALTH HOSPICE

Hospice

0

BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER ARKADELPHIA

General

57

CLARK COUNTY HEALTH UNIT

Home Health Agency

0

 

 

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES

 

Name of Service

Type of Service

Delight Ambulance Service

Basic

BMCA-Ambulance: (I-B)

Basic

BMCA-Ambulance: (SP)

Basic

BMCA-Ambulance: (ALS)

Advanced