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Table 2 Characteristics of counties, by CHCs/RHCs in the county, studied states, 2002.
| Counties in studied states only, with: | All U.S. Counties | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SID Sample, n = 579 | CHC Only | RHC Only | Both CHC and RHC | Neither facility | |||
| Number of Counties: | 59 | 139 | 27 | 354 | 3,168 | ||
| Resources in county: | |||||||
| MD/DO per 10,000 population | 12.9 | 10.3 | 14.3 | 12.3 | 12.1 | ||
| Beds per 10,000 population | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.9 | ||
| Number of hospitals with emergency department | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.3 | ||
| HMO penetration rate | 25.3 | *** | 9.4 | 10.6 | 14.2 | 11.4 | |
| ED visits per 1,000 population | 337 | 372 | 382 | 330 | 351 | ||
| Non-metropolitan county (%) | 23.7 | *** | 79.9 | 66.7 | *** | 58.8 | 65.3 |
| Characteristics of county population: | |||||||
| Percent of population that is: | |||||||
| African American | 20.3 | 17.5 | 16.2 | 16.4 | 9.5 | ||
| Hispanic white | 6.4 | 6.6 | 7.7 | 6.4 | 5.3 | ||
| Asian | 1.7 | 1.6 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 1.0 | ||
| American Indian/Native American | 2.1 | 5.1 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 1.9 | ||
| Population change, 1990 – 2000 (%) | 10.4 | 12.5 | 8.5 | 13.0 | 8.1 | ||
| Percent of population with less than a high school education | 24.9 | 24.3 | 24.0 | 25.0 | 22.6 | ||
| Population per square mile | 167 | 141 | 183 | 219 | 23 | ||
| Percent of population that is unemployed | 7.3 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 7.0 | 7.1 | ||
| Percent uninsured, aged 18–64 | 19.0 | 20.8 | 22.1 | ** | 18.9 | 19.6 | |
| Percent uninsured, age 17 or less | 12.0 | 12.9 | 13.3 | * | 11.4 | 12.4 | |
| Median household income | 35,595 | 35,179 | 36,835 | 35,844 | 35,363 | ||
| Death rate per 10,000 due to: | |||||||
| Cardiovascular disease | 18.3 | 15.6 | 17.1 | 17.0 | 20.7 | ||
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 5.1 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 5.1 | ||
| Diabetes | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.8 | ||
| Liver disease | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | ||
