|
SID Sample, n = 579
|
CHC Only
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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
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