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2000 DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS


 

Total

Overall Percent

County Rank

Percent Change

Male

Female

White

NonWhite

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

total

10,254

100.0

8

-9.3

4,813

5,441

6,159

4,095

 

Under 1

123

1.2

48

-26.8

59

64

57

66

1 - 4

586

5.7

16

-19.7

290

296

275

311

5 - 9

789

7.7

9

-14.3

405

384

377

412

10 - 14

816

8.0

12

-12.9

430

386

403

413

15 - 19

823

8.0

15

-8.4

420

403

387

436

20 - 24

506

4.9

65

-16.9

245

261

297

209

25 - 29

518

5.1

64

-27.0

234

284

351

167

30 - 34

523

5.1

71

-31.7

244

279

331

192

35 - 39

684

6.7

67

2.1

327

357

411

273

40 - 44

708

6.9

61

4.7

341

367

437

271

45 - 54

1,334

13.0

40

21.2

626

708

884

450

55 - 64

1,070

10.4

32

-2.3

490

580

740

330

65 - 74

895

8.7

20

-17.6

401

494

603

292

75 - 84

631

6.2

14

-12.6

227

404

444

187

85+

248

2.4

12

12.2

74

174

161

87

10 - 17

1,364

13.3

39

-10.3

700

664

657

707

18 - 19

275

2.7

17

-12.4

150

125

129

146

65+

1,774

17.3

17

-12.6

702

1,072

1,208

566

 

 

2000 RURAL/URBAN DISTRIBUTIONS  

 

 

Population

Percent of Total

County Rank

Population in 2000:

10,254

Urbanized Areas (Places 2,500+)

3,940

38.4%

36

County Rank:

64

Urbanized Areas (Places 10,000+)

0

0.0%

50.5

Population Density:

16 people per square mile

 

 

 

 

County Rank:

64

    

 

ECONOMIC FACTORS     

 

2000

Number

Percent of Total

County Rank

2000

Percent of Total

Number

County Rank

Population Less Than 100% Poverty

2,812

27.9%

4

Unemployment Rate (2001)

7.3%

3,500

21

Population 0-17 Less Than 100% Poverty

1,072

36.4%

2

Per Capita Income (1998)

 

$17,959.00

53

Federal Estimate of persons under 200% poverty and:

 

Medicaid Eligible

34.9%

3,576

7

          Uninsured

2,948

26.0%

5

Medicaid Eligible Children

67.7%

2,194

7

          Medicare

1,501

13.2%

7

EPSDT Participation (2001)

30.4%

 

40

          Under Age 65 and Medicaid+

1,827

16.1%

5

TEA (AFDC) Average Caseload

4.2%

429

10

Uninsured - State survey (1998 - 2000)

1,723

16.8%

44

WIC Average Caseload

 

592

47

+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

127

13.9**

42

Live Births (1996 - 2000)

713

60

Low Birth Weight

12

9.4%

29

Low Birth Weight (1996 - 2000)

10.2%

15

Birth To Adolescents (10 - 17)

9

7.1%

27

General Fertility Rate (2000)

65.1**

33

Prenatal Care (no 1st trimester care

27

21.8%

37

Teen Fertility Rate (2000)

52.0**

62

Female Population,15 - 19

404

8.3%

19

Female Population, 15 - 44

1,951

65

**Rate is per 1,000 population.

 

2000 MORBIDITY

 

 

Number

Rate++

County Rank

 

Number

Rate++

County Rank

Vaccine Preventable Diseases

1

9.8

16

           Syphilis:

 

 

 

Tuberculosis

4

39.0

2

Primary/Secondary

0

0.0

48

HIV

<4

<39.0

39

Early Latent

1

9.8

22

AIDS

<4

<39.0

12

Congenital

0

0.0

41

Gonorrhea

39

380.3

9

            Chlamydia

61

594.9

5

++Rate is per 100,000 population.

 

 

 

2000 MORTALITY     

 

Number

Rate

County Rank

 

Number

Rate

County Rank

Infant Mortality

1

7.9+ 

39

Breast Cancer

3

23.7++

10

All Causes

150

1,132.1++

11

Cerebrovascular Disease

18

123.9++

3

Heart Disease

62

462.3++

3

Motor Vehicle Accidents

2

17.8++

66

Cardiovascular Disease

80

586.2++

1

Work Related Injuries

1

10.4++

7

Cancer

30

241.8++

21

Suicide

4

29.7++

4

Lung Cancer

12

91.4++

14

Homicide

1

7.4++

36

+ 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?

YES

 

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:      10,254

(100% of county population)

Are there facility HPSAs?

NO

 

 

 

Population of HPSA:

10,254

(100% of county population)

 

 

 

2001 HEALTH PROFESSIONALS                         

 

Number

 

Number

 

Number

Total Physicians

6

Total Dental

9

Total Nursing

110

Primary Care Physicians

6

Total Optometry

 

Licensed Practical Nurse

45

Total Chiropractors

 

Total Social Work

0

Registered Nurse

64

 

COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS  

Name of Center

Site

Physician FTE

Registered Nurse Practioner FTE

Physician's Assistant FTE

Dentist FTE

Encounters

Mid-Delta Rural Health

Clarendon

1.2

0.0

0.0

0.5

5,779

Mid-Delta Rural Health

Holly Grove

0.8

0.0

0.0

0.0

2,876

Mid-Delta Rural Health

Brinkley

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.5

250

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOCAL HEALTH UNITS

 

PHN

Sanitarian

LPN

PHT

Clerk

Other

 

Local Health Units

FTE

FTE

FTE

FTE

FTE

FTE

Encounters

BRINKLEY

3.2

1.0

1.0

0.0

6.0

2.0

5,523

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MEDICAL FACILITIES

 

 

Name of Facility

Type of Facility

Number of Beds

ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH - HOSPICE 9 WEST

Hospice

0

CARELINK

Home Health Agency

0

MONROE COUNTY HEALTH UNIT

Home Health Agency

0

 

 

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES

 

Name of Service

Type of Service

Grand Prairie EMS.-  Clarendon

Basic

Southern Para. Brinkley

Advanced