HSA# 527 - ARKANSAS, AR-MONROE, AR

HSA Profiles

Mortality Rates

Health-Care Providers

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

HMOs and HMO Membership

Demographics

Income, Education and Employment

Age-Adjusted Mortality per 100,000 Population, 1996-98
  CHD Stroke AMI CHF
Overall 272.9 95.8 187.4 37.9
Whites 268.7 91.5 179.1 36.4
Blacks 287.5 110.6 216.4 44.8*
Males 366.7 98.0 267.9 45.9*
Females 203.0 91.7 129.1 31.1
White Males 361.1 86.4 259.8 42.7*
White Females 199.8 93.5 118.8 30.2
Black Males 392.4 143.0* 299.7 60.1*
Black Females 212.8 84.9* 161.0 35.6*

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Health-Care Providers
  Number
Total MDs (1999) 21
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999) 19
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999) 2
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999) 15
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999) 1
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999) 0
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998) 0
Registered Nurses (1990) 117
Registered Dieticians (1990) 0

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Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization
  Number
Hospitals (1999) 2
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999) 1
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999) 0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999) 0
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999) 1
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999) 0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999) 1
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999) 1
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999) 0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999) 1
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999) 0
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999) 0
Total admissions (1999) 3,171
Total beds (1999) 137
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999) 6
Inpatient days (1999) 30,609
Outpatient visits (1999) 34,605
Emergency Department visits (1999) 10,899

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HMOs and HMO Membership
  Number Membership
Total HMOs (1998) 9 2,168
Traditional HMOs (1998) 0 0
IPA HMOs (1998) 5 1,803
Other HMOs (1998) 4 365

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Demographics
  Number Percent
Total Population (1999) 30,707 100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999) 21,106 68.7
Hispanic Whites (1999) 127 0.4
Blacks (1999) 9,341 30.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999) 65 0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999) 68 0.2
Total Hispanics (1999) 201 0.7

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Income, Education and Employment
Avg per capita income (1998) 20,536
Avg median household income (1997) 26,126
Persons in poverty (1997) 7,016
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999) 6
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990) 22
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990) 10

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