Mortality
  Lonoke Prairie Pulaski
Asthma Deaths (1995-1997) 3 1 28
Population (1995 - 1997) 148702 28939 1103429
Crude Rate per 100,000 Population 2 3.5 2.5
Age Adjusted Rate per 100,000 Population 2.7 3.8 3.2

Health-Care Providers
  Lonoke Prairie Pulaski
Total MDs (1997) 22 4 1812
Hospital Based MDs (1997) 7 0 567
Office Based MDs (1997) 15 4 1245
General Practice/Family Medicine MDs (1997) 10 3 172
General Practice/Family Medicine ODs (1995) 1 0 3
General Internal Medicine MDs (1997) 0 0 172
General Internal Medicine ODs (1995) 0 0 0
OB/GYN MDs (1997) 3 0 66
OB/GYN ODs (1995) 0 0 0
Pediatrics MDs (1997) 1 0 156
Pediatrics ODs (1995) 0 0 0
Pulmonary Disease MDs (1997) 0 0 22
Allergy/Immunology MDs (1997) 0 0 9
Registered Dieticians (1990) 14 0 191
Registered Nurses (1990) 209 29 3956
Respiratory Specialists (1990) 0 0 239

Hospital Resources
  Lonoke Prairie Pulaski
Short-Term General Hospitals (1996) 0 0 9
with Medical School Affiliation (1996) 0 0 4
with Community Outreach (1996) 0 0 5
with Health Fair (1996) 0 0 6
with a Health Information Center (1996) 0 0 4
Admissions (1996) 0 0 93719
Beds (1996) 0 0 3084
In-patient Days (1996) 0 0 697069
Out-patient Visits (1996) 0 0 1245655

HMO Resources
  Lonoke Prairie Pulaski
Total HMOs (1997) 0 0 5
Membership (1997) 0 0 244591
Traditional HMOs (1997) 0 0 0
Membership (1997) 0 0 0
IPA HMOs (1997) 0 0 4
Membership (1997) 0 0 242087
Other HMOs (1997) 0 0 1
Membership (1997) 0 0 2504

Demographics
  Lonoke Prairie Pulaski
Total Population (1996) 47583 9273 352305
Non Hispanic Whites 41934 7779 241020
Blacks 4725 1392 101441
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts 188 40 1030
Asian/Pacific Islanders 190 4 3452
Total Hispanics 584 68 6114

Education and Employment
  Lonoke Prairie Pulaski
Per capita Income (1996) 19214 16575 24906
Median Household Income (1995) 34694 24325 32524
Persons in Poverty (1995) 5902 1728 53388
Unemployment Rate (1996) 4.3 9.5 3.8
Persons age 25+ w/under 9 years school (1990) 3215 1444 16308
Persons age 25+ w/4+ years college (1990) 2437 451 52402