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SOUTHEAST PUBLIC HEALTH REGION

2000 DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS

 

Total

Overall Percent

Region Rank

Percent Change

Male

Female

White

NonWhite

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

total

289,017

100.0

1

-0.7

141,317

147,700

175,321

113,696

Under 1

3,959

1.4

2

-11.0

2,029

1,930

2,034

1,925

1 - 4

15,631

5.4

5

-8.3

7,829

7,802

7,952

7,679

5 - 9

20,716

7.2

1

-10.0

10,511

10,205

10,253

10,463

10 - 14

21,825

7.6

1

-9.5

11,069

10,756

10,996

10,829

15 - 19

22,762

7.9

1

-5.7

11,653

11,109

11,333

11,429

20 - 24

18,997

6.6

4

-0.5

9,918

9,079

9,871

9,126

25 - 29

17,956

6.2

5

-10.9

9,328

8,628

10,689

7,267

30 - 34

17,787

6.2

5

-15.1

8,963

8,824

10,780

7,007

35 - 39

20,577

7.1

5

3.4

10,367

10,210

12,653

7,924

40 - 44

20,986

7.3

4

14.0

10,537

10,449

12,783

8,203

45 - 54

37,625

13.0

3

30.1

18,637

18,988

25,068

12,557

55 - 64

27,907

9.7

4

7.2

13,479

14,428

20,529

7,378

65 - 74

22,052

7.6

3

-8.6

9,706

12,346

16,158

5,894

75 - 84

14,529

5.0

2

-7.2

5,654

8,875

10,500

4,029

85+

5,691

2.0

2

16.4

1,630

4,061

3,733

1,958

10 - 17

35,693

12.3

2

-7.9

18,143

17,550

17,875

17,818

18 - 19

8,888

3.1

2

-6.5

4,576

4,312

4,425

4,463

65+

42,272

14.6

2

-5.4

16,990

25,282

30,391

11,881

 

 

2000 RURAL/URBAN DISTRIBUTIONS  

 

 

Population

Percent of Total

Region Rank

Population in 2000:

301,227

Urbanized Areas (Places 2,500+)

144,552

48.%

4

Region Rank:

5

Urbanized Areas (Places 10,000+)

55,085

18.3%

5

Population Density:

29 people per square mile

 

 

 

 

Region Rank:

4

    

 

ECONOMIC FACTORS     

 

2000

Number

Percent of Total

Region Rank

2000

Percent of Total

Number

Region Rank

Population Less Than 100% Poverty

67,908

23.7%

1

Unemployment Rate (2001)

8.3%

 

1

Population 0-17 Less Than 100% Poverty

26,252

31.2%

1

Per Capita Income (1998)

 

$18,461.07

5

Federal Estimate of persons under 200% poverty and:

 

Medicaid Eligible

30.4%

91,588

1

          Uninsured

63,706

22.0%

1

Medicaid Eligible Children

64.6%

57,581

1

          Medicare

29,298

10.1%

1

EPSDT Participation (2001)

12.5%

 

5

          Under Age 65 and Medicaid+

37,529

12.9%

1

TEA (AFDC) Average Caseload

5.4%

16,298

1

Uninsured - State survey (1998 - 2000)

56,028

18.6%

2

WIC Average Caseload

 

11,712

5

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

 

FERTILITY

 

2000

Number

Percent or Rate

Region Rank

 

Number or Rate

Region Rank

Live Births

4052

15.7**

3

Live Births (1996 - 2000)

35,511

3

Low Birth Weight

676

9.2%

3

Low Birth Weight (1996 - 2000)

8.8%

4

Birth To Adolescents (10 - 17)

339

8.4%

1

General Fertility Rate (2000)

126.4**

1

Prenatal Care (no 1st trimester care

1,568

22.0%

3

Teen Fertility Rate (2000)

126.5**

1

Female Population,15 - 19

11,109

8.4%

1

Female Population, 15 - 44

58,299

5

**Rate is per 1,000 population.

 

2000 MORBIDITY

 

 

Number

Rate++

Region Rank

 

Number

Rate++

Region Rank

Vaccine Preventable Diseases

23

7.6

2

           Syphilis:

 

 

 

Tuberculosis

29

9.6

1

Primary/Secondary

12

4.0

1

HIV

41

13.6

3

Early Latent

52

17.3

1

AIDS

21

7.0

4

Congenital

1

0.3

3

Gonorrhea

1,101

365.5

1

            Chlamydia

1,381

458.5

1

++Rate is per 100,000 population.

 

 

 

2000 MORTALITY     

 

Number

Rate

Region Rank

 

Number

Rate

Region Rank

Infant Mortality

66

9.0+ 

4

Breast Cancer

72

12.5++

4

All Causes

6,006

1,018.1++

3

Cerebrovascular Disease

516

86.0++

1

Heart Disease

1,941

324.7++

2

Motor Vehicle Accidents

154

29.0++

2

Cardiovascular Disease

2,569

429.6++

2

Work Related Injuries

16

3.0++

3

Cancer

1,253

211.2++

3

Suicide

80

15.3++

1

Lung Cancer

442

74.0++

3

Homicide

39

7.5++

4

+ 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 state HPSA?

NA

 

Is this a total state MUA?

NA

Are there geographic county HPSAs?

NA

 

Is this a partial state MUA?

NA

Are there population group HPSAs?

NA

 

Population of MUA:      171,789

(59.2% of county population)

Are there facility HPSAs?

NA

 

 

 

Population of HPSA:

171,789

(59.2% of county population)

 

 

 

2001 HEALTH PROFESSIONALS                          

 

Number

 

Number

 

Number

Total Physicians

313

Total Dental

251

Total Nursing

3,831

Primary Care Physicians

204

Total Optometry

29

Licensed Practical Nurse

1,707

Total Chiropractors

28

Total Social Work

118

Registered Nurse

2,109

 

COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS  

Name of Center

Site

Physician FTE

Registered Nurse Practioner FTE

Physician's Assistant FTE

Dentist FTE

Encounters

Mainline Health Systems

Wilmot

1.0

0.0

0.0

1.0

4,442

Mainline Health Systems

Portland

1.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

5,127

Mainline Health Systems

Fountain Hill

1.0

0.0

0.

0.0

3,220

Mainline Health Systems

Eudora

2.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

9,552

Mainline Health Systems

Dermott

2.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

10,886

Jefferson Comp. Care Systems

Rison

1.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

5,522

Jefferson Comp. Care Systems

Pine Bluff

3.2

0.0

0.0

1.4

19,496

Jefferson Comp. Care Systems

Altheimer

1.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

8,236

Jefferson Comp. Care Systems

Redfield

1.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

5,320

Lee County Cooperative Clinic

Marianna

1.7

0.8

0.0

0.4

19,008

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

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

DEWITT

1.6

0.0

1.0

0.0

3.0

0.0

3,154

STUTTGART

1.8

1.0

1.0

1.0

3.0

1.0

2,885

CROSSETT

2.2

0.0

0.0

1.0

5.0

1.0

2,435

HAMBURG

1.8

1.0

0.0

1.0

4.0

4.0

3,292

WARREN

1.6

0.5

0.0

1.0

3.0

0.0

2,989

DERMOTT

1.0

1.0

0.0

0.0

1.0

0.0

1,696

EUDORA

0.0

0.0

1.0

0.0

2.0

2.0

1,744

LAKE VILLAGE

0.8

0.0

2.0

1.0

4.0

3.0

2,959

RISON

0.8

2.0

1.0

0.0

2.0

1.0

2,427

DUMAS

1.8

1.0

1.0

0.0

4.0

1.0

4,149

MCGEHEE

1.8

0.0

0.0

1.0

3.0

2.0

3,123

MONTICELLO

2.8

1.0

0.0

1.0

5.0

1.0

4,832

PINE BLUFF

3.6

4.0

5.0

2.0

11.0

9.0

14,105

MARIANNA

2.0

1.0

2.0

0.0

6.0

6.6

5,260

STAR CITY

1.6

1.0

1.0

0.0

3.0

1.0

2,646

BRINKLEY

3.2

1.0

1.0

0.0

6.0

2.0

5,523

HELENA

4.7

1.0

2.0

2.0

13.0

7.8

13,643

HELENA

4.7

1.0

2.0

2.0

13.0

7.8

13,643

ASH FLAT

1.0

2.0

1.0

0.0

2.6

2.0

2,998

 

 

MEDICAL FACILITIES

 

Type of Facility

Number of Facilities

Number of Beds

General

7

424

General/Recuperation Center

1

446

Home Health Agency

40

0

Hospice

6

0

Infirmary

6

57

Outpatient Surgery  Center

5

0

Surgery & General Medical Care

4

181

 

 

 

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES

 

Type of Service

Number of Services

Advanced

16

Air

0

Basic

12