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2000 DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS


 

Total

Overall Percent

County Rank

Percent Change

Male

Female

White

NonWhite

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

total

29,329

100.0

16

3.1

15,067

14,262

14,590

14,739

 

Under 1

429

1.5

14

-20.0

227

202

162

267

1 - 4

1,823

6.2

5

-4.8

930

893

647

1,176

5 - 9

2,268

7.7

8

-10.9

1,169

1,099

834

1,434

10 - 14

2,259

7.7

16

-20.1

1,175

1,084

832

1,427

15 - 19

2,253

7.7

25

-8.2

1,139

1,114

831

1,422

20 - 24

2,054

7.0

13

25.9

1,075

979

892

1,162

25 - 29

2,022

6.9

12

7.0

1,154

868

1,038

984

30 - 34

2,003

6.8

15

-3.1

1,174

829

1,098

905

35 - 39

2,239

7.6

19

17.9

1,273

966

1,219

1,020

40 - 44

2,267

7.7

10

22.4

1,220

1,047

1,207

1,060

45 - 54

3,753

12.8

50

39.3

1,951

1,802

2,141

1,612

55 - 64

2,479

8.5

71

5.5

1,246

1,233

1,645

834

65 - 74

1,881

6.4

68

-9.7

792

1,089

1,143

738

75 - 84

1,153

3.9

68

-11.8

423

730

692

461

85+

446

1.5

65

12.3

119

327

219

227

10 - 17

3,673

12.5

26

-16.0

1,897

1,776

1,354

2,319

18 - 19

839

2.9

68

-7.5

417

422

309

530

65+

3,480

11.9

68

-8.1

1,334

2,146

2,054

1,426

 

 

2000 RURAL/URBAN DISTRIBUTIONS  

 

 

Population

Percent of Total

County Rank

Population in 2000:

29,329

Urbanized Areas (Places 2,500+)

14,774

50.4%

17

County Rank:

23

Urbanized Areas (Places 10,000+)

14,774

50.4%

9

Population Density:

46 people per square mile

 

 

 

 

County Rank:

21

    

 

ECONOMIC FACTORS     

 

2000

Number

Percent of Total

County Rank

2000

Percent of Total

Number

County Rank

Population Less Than 100% Poverty

7,611

27.2%

5

Unemployment Rate (2001)

9.0%

10,625

11

Population 0-17 Less Than 100% Poverty

2,968

32.7%

7

Per Capita Income (1998)

 

$17,580.00

58

Federal Estimate of persons under 200% poverty and:

 

Medicaid Eligible

33.3%

9,758

8

          Uninsured

7,465

26.2%

4

Medicaid Eligible Children

65.2%

6,157

8

          Medicare

2,754

9.7%

38

EPSDT Participation (2001)

53.1%

 

3

          Under Age 65 and Medicaid+

4,760

16.7%

4

TEA (AFDC) Average Caseload

1.5%

448

46

Uninsured - State survey (1998 - 2000)

6,570

22.4%

11

WIC Average Caseload

 

1,495

14

+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

452

17.4**

11

Live Births (1996 - 2000)

2,450

19

Low Birth Weight

45

10.0%

20

Low Birth Weight (1996 - 2000)

10.7%

11

Birth To Adolescents (10 - 17)

43

9.5%

11

General Fertility Rate (2000)

77.9**

8

Prenatal Care (no 1st trimester care

104

23.2%

28

Teen Fertility Rate (2000)

96.1**

5

Female Population,15 - 19

1,114

8.8%

14

Female Population, 15 - 44

5,803

23

**Rate is per 1,000 population.

 

2000 MORBIDITY

 

 

Number

Rate++

County Rank

 

Number

Rate++

County Rank

Vaccine Preventable Diseases

5

17.0

5

           Syphilis:

 

 

 

Tuberculosis

29

98.9

1

Primary/Secondary

3

10.2

4

HIV

5

17.0

17

Early Latent

2

6.8

27

AIDS

5

17.0

46

Congenital

1

3.4

2

Gonorrhea

29

98.9

38

            Chlamydia

179

610.3

4

++Rate is per 100,000 population.

 

 

 

2000 MORTALITY     

 

Number

Rate

County Rank

 

Number

Rate

County Rank

Infant Mortality

4

8.8+ 

34

Breast Cancer

7

24.6++

8

All Causes

340

1,228.1++

5

Cerebrovascular Disease

18

66.3++

49

Heart Disease

128

464.6++

2

Motor Vehicle Accidents

5

18.4++

62

Cardiovascular Disease

154

559.4++

3

Work Related Injuries

2

6.9++

17

Cancer

69

248.0++

17

Suicide

4

13.7++

29

Lung Cancer

18

64.2++

48

Homicide

5

16.6++

12

+ 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:      29,329

(100% of county population)

Are there facility HPSAs?

NO

 

 

 

Population of HPSA:

29,329

(100% of county population)

 

 

 

2001 HEALTH PROFESSIONALS                         

 

Number

 

Number

 

Number

Total Physicians

20

Total Dental

23

Total Nursing

301

Primary Care Physicians

11

Total Optometry

2

Licensed Practical Nurse

139

Total Chiropractors

5

Total Social Work

15

Registered Nurse

161

 

COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS  

Name of Center

Site

Physician FTE

Registered Nurse Practioner FTE

Physician's Assistant FTE

Dentist FTE

Encounters

Lee County Cooperative Clinic

Madison

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOCAL HEALTH UNITS

 

PHN

Sanitarian

LPN

PHT

Clerk

Other

 

Local Health Units

FTE

FTE

FTE

FTE

FTE

FTE

Encounters

FORREST CITY

5.0

1.0

3.0

1.0

12.0

3.0

17,542

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MEDICAL FACILITIES

 

 

Name of Facility

Type of Facility

Number of Beds

BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOME CARE

Hospice

0

BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOME CARE

Home Health Agency

0

BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL - FORREST CITY, INC.

General/Recuperation Center

118

EAST ARKANSAS AREA AGENCY ON AGING, INC.

Home Health Agency

0

MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

Home Health Agency

0

ST. FRANCIS COUNTY HEALTH UNIT

Home Health Agency

0

 

 

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES

 

Name of Service

Type of Service

Baptist Memorial Hospital EMS

Advanced