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NORTHEAST PUBLIC HEALTH REGION

2000 DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS

 

Total

Overall Percent

Region Rank

Percent Change

Male

Female

White

NonWhite

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

total

525,792

100.0

3

8.7

255,053

270,739

456,024

69,768

Under 1

6,993

1.3

5

-2.9

3,609

3,159

5,633

1,356

1 - 4

28,445

5.4

4

4.4

14,506

13,939

22,777

5,668

5 - 9

37,157

7.1

2

5.2

19,095

18,062

29,989

7,168

10 - 14

38,232

7.3

3

4.4

19,638

18,594

31,166

7,066

15 - 19

40,027

7.6

2

6.2

20,472

19,555

32,748

7,279

20 - 24

36,667

7.0

2

5.1

18,419

18,248

30,530

6,137

25 - 29

33,307

6.3

3

-7.3

16,528

16,779

28,490

4,817

30 - 34

33,614

6.4

3

-4.9

16,565

17,049

29,154

4,460

35 - 39

38,431

7.3

4

15.1

18,747

19,684

33,466

4,965

40 - 44

37,640

7.2

5

18.5

18,533

19,107

32,857

4,783

45 - 54

67,668

12.9

4

32.9

33,207

34,461

60,632

7,036

55 - 64

52,324

10.0

1

16.4

24,924

27,400

48,696

3,628

65 - 74

40,183

7.6

2

0.4

18,099

22,084

37,398

2,785

75 - 84

25,745

4.9

3

1.9

10,002

15,743

23,980

1,765

85+

9,347

1.8

3

33.3

2,703

6,644

8,532

815

10 - 17

61,401

11.7

1

5.1

31,580

29,821

50,146

11,255

18 - 19

16,841

3.2

3

6.2

8,520

8,321

13,778

3,063

65+

75,275

14.3

3

4.1

30,804

44,471

69,910

5,365

 

 

2000 RURAL/URBAN DISTRIBUTIONS  

 

 

Population

Percent of Total

Region Rank

Population in 2000:

527,154

Urbanized Areas (Places 2,500+)

253,504

48.1%

3

Region Rank:

3

Urbanized Areas (Places 10,000+)

142,398

27.0%

4

Population Density:

43 people per square mile

 

 

 

 

Region Rank:

3

    

 

ECONOMIC FACTORS     

 

2000

Number

Percent of Total

Region Rank

2000

Percent of Total

Number

Region Rank

Population Less Than 100% Poverty

94,923

18.7%

3

Unemployment Rate (2001)

7.0%

 

2

Population 0-17 Less Than 100% Poverty

34,708

26.0%

3

Per Capita Income (1998)

 

$18,630.56

4

Federal Estimate of persons under 200% poverty and:

 

Medicaid Eligible

20.3%

107,071

3

          Uninsured

87,538

16.6%

3

Medicaid Eligible Children

46.5%

73,909

2

          Medicare

40,300

7.7%

3

EPSDT Participation (2001)

29.0%

 

4

          Under Age 65 and Medicaid+

47,645

9.1%

2

TEA (AFDC) Average Caseload

2.5%

13,156

2

Uninsured - State survey (1998 - 2000)

96,469

18.3%

3

WIC Average Caseload

 

19,286

2

+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

7462

15.9**

2

Live Births (1996 - 2000)

22,264

5

Low Birth Weight

490

11.3%

1

Low Birth Weight (1996 - 2000)

10.6%

1

Birth To Adolescents (10 - 17)

505

6.8%

2

General Fertility Rate (2000)

39.1**

5

Prenatal Care (no 1st trimester care

1,109

26.1%

1

Teen Fertility Rate (2000)

48.0**

5

Female Population,15 - 19

19,555

8.1%

2

Female Population, 15 - 44

110,422

3

**Rate is per 1,000 population.

 

2000 MORBIDITY

 

 

Number

Rate++

Region Rank

 

Number

Rate++

Region Rank

Vaccine Preventable Diseases

16

3.0

5

           Syphilis:

 

 

 

Tuberculosis

36

6.8

4

Primary/Secondary

15

2.8

3

HIV

45

8.5

4

Early Latent

78

14.8

2

AIDS

40

7.6

2

Congenital

1

0.2

4

Gonorrhea

692

131.3

4

            Chlamydia

1,351

256.3

4

++Rate is per 100,000 population.

 

 

 

2000 MORTALITY     

 

Number

Rate

Region Rank

 

Number

Rate

Region Rank

Infant Mortality

42

9.7+ 

2

Breast Cancer

47

14.6++

2

All Causes

3,544

1,083.7++

1

Cerebrovascular Disease

257

77.2++

4

Heart Disease

1,152

347.3++

1

Motor Vehicle Accidents

78

26.0++

3

Cardiovascular Disease

1,505

452.9++

1

Work Related Injuries

24

8.0++

1

Cancer

747

231.0++

2

Suicide

32

10.5++

4

Lung Cancer

241

75.1++

2

Homicide

47

16.0++

1

+ 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:      164,786

(31.3% of county population)

Are there facility HPSAs?

NA

 

 

 

Population of HPSA:

128,434

(24.4% of county population)

 

 

 

2001 HEALTH PROFESSIONALS                          

 

Number

 

Number

 

Number

Total Physicians

699

Total Dental

681

Total Nursing

7,147

Primary Care Physicians

387

Total Optometry

66

Licensed Practical Nurse

3,276

Total Chiropractors

87

Total Social Work

313

Registered Nurse

3,860

 

COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS  

Name of Center

Site

Physician FTE

Registered Nurse Practioner FTE

Physician's Assistant FTE

Dentist FTE

Encounters

Corning Area Health Care

Corning

4.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

15,722

East AR Family Health Ct.

West Memphis

1.2

2.2

0.0

1.0

13,572

White River Rural Health Center

Parkin

1.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

5,480

White River Rural Health Center

Wynne

1.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

4,581

East AR Family Health Center

Lepanto

0.8

1.0

0.0

1.0

6,870

Corning Area Health Care

Pocahontas

1.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

5,804

White River Rural Health Center

Bald Knob

1.5

1.0

0.0

0.0

7,789

White River Rural Health Center

Augusta

2.3

0.0

0.0

2.3

13,608

White River Rural Health Center

McCrory

1.5

0.3

0.0

0.0

8,414

White River Rural Health Center

Cotton Plant

1.0

0.1

0.0

1.0

4,871

 

 

 

LOCAL HEALTH UNITS

 

PHN

Sanitarian

LPN

PHT

Clerk

Other

 

Local Health Units

FTE

FTE

FTE

FTE

FTE

FTE

Encounters

CORNING

1.4

0.0

0.0

1.0

1.0

0.0

1,911

PIGGOTT

0.6

1.0

0.0

1.0

1.4

0.0

1,041

HEBER SPRINGS

1.2

2.0

0.0

1.0

5.0

9.0

3,679

JONESBORO

4.0

3.0

2.0

1.0

9.8

2.0

12,678

WEST MEMPHIS

7.2

2.0

3.6

3.7

14.5

5.7

19,243

WYNNE

3.0

0.5

0.0

1.0

4.4

4.6

3,681

SALEM

1.6

0.0

0.0

0.9

2.0

1.0

1,613

PARAGOULD

3.8

1.0

1.0

1.0

5.6

1.8

6,909

BATESVILLE

2.2

2.0

1.0

1.0

6.0

3.0

7,160

MELBOURNE

1.0

1.0

0.0

0.0

3.0

2.0

2,187

NEWPORT

1.6

1.0

0.0

0.6

3.0

0.0

3,361

WALNUT RIDGE

1.8

1.0

1.0

1.0

4.0

0.6

3,784

BLYTHEVILLE

5.6

1.0

2.0

2.0

10.8

9.0

14,908

OSCEOLA

3.4

0.0

1.0

1.0

6.8

3.0

7,371

HARRISBURG

1.0

1.0

0.0

1.0

3.0

2.0

2,784

MARKED TREE

2.0

0.0

1.0

1.0

3.0

0.0

4,141

TRUMANN

1.8

0.0

0.0

0.0

2.0

0.0

3,358

POCAHONTAS

1.2

1.0

0.0

1.0

3.0

0.0

3,996

DEQUEEN

2.2

0.0

1.0

1.7

5.0

2.0

8,456

MOUNTAIN VIEW

2.5

1.0

0.0

1.0

4.0

4.0

3,609

BEEBE

1.0

0.0

0.0

1.0

1.5

0.0

2,500

AUGUSTA

0.0

0.0

0.8

0.0

3.0

0.0

1,261

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MEDICAL FACILITIES

 

 

Type of Facility

Number of Facilities

Number of Beds

General

12

1,266

General/Recuperation Center

3

668

Home Health Agency

61

0

Hospice

8

0

Infirmary

3

20

Outpatient Surgery Center

6

0

Psychiatric Hospital

1

60

Rehabilitation Center

1

61

Surgery & General Medical Care

5

217

 

 

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES

 

Type of Service

Number of Services

Advanced

36

Air

1

Basic

22