Table 1.
Selected Demographic Characteristics and Mortality Rates of Partnership Communities
| Little Rock |
Pulaski County |
Helena | West Helena |
Marvell | Phillips County |
AR | US | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographics | ||||||||
| Total population | 191,130 | 381,907 | 6,323 | 8,689 | 1,395 | 20,921 | 2.9 mil | 307 mil |
| Median age, years | 36.2 | 37.0 | 31.7 | 30.0 | 37.6 | 35.7 | 37.1 | 36.7 |
| Race | ||||||||
| White | 52.1% | 60.8% | 30.6% | 32.8% | 40.4% | 36.5% | 80.6% | 74.3% |
| Black/African American | 41.6% | 34.7% | 67.9% | 65.7% | 58.1% | 61.5% | 15.8% | 12.3% |
| Education | ||||||||
| High School grad or higher | 89.6% | 84.4% | 62.3% | 64.4% | 64.6% | 62.2% | 75.3% | 84.5% |
| College Degree or higher | 39.0% | 21.1% | 17.4% | 12.0% | 13.9% | 12.4% | 16.7% | 27.4% |
| In Labor Force | 68.4% | 67.8% | 48.0% | 55.1% | 48.7% | 56.6% | 61.1% | 65.2% |
| Income | ||||||||
| Median household income | $44,480 | $45,215 | $18,662 | $21,130 | $22,368 | $26,436 | $38,820 | $52,175 |
| Persons in poverty | 12.2% | 16.5% | 38.4% | 30.9% | 22.6% | 34.9% | 17.3% | 9.6% |
| Mortality Rates | ||||||||
| All Cause | ||||||||
| Total | na | 930.2 | na | na | na | 1228.5 | 931.2 | 821.7 |
| White | na | 865.2 | na | na | na | 1091.1 | 905.1 | 806.3 |
| Black/African American | na | 1158.7 | na | na | na | 1369.2 | 1160.4 | 1051.2 |
| Heart Disease | ||||||||
| Total | na | 80.8 | na | na | na | 117.3 | 80.6 | 65.5 |
| White | na | 75.8 | na | na | na | 90.9 | 77.3 | 62.6 |
| Black/African American | na | 99.8 | na | na | na | 146.6 | 108.7 | 85.4 |
| All Cancer | ||||||||
| Total | na | 211.4 | na | na | na | 270.4 | 210.9 | 194.1 |
| White | na | 200.5 | na | na | na | 259.8 | 206.4 | 192.6 |
| Black/African American | na | 257.5 | na | na | na | 279.8 | 256.5 | 236.9 |
| Ischemic Stroke | ||||||||
| Total | na | 38.8 | na | na | na | 68.7 | 43.4 | 31.2 |
| White | na | 38.3 | na | na | na | 54.1 | 41.9 | 30.3 |
| Black/African American | na | 41.1 | na | na | na | 86.0 | 57.8 | 42.9 |
| Diabetes | ||||||||
| Total | na | 26.6 | na | na | na | 64.1 | 26.6 | 24.5 |
| Black/African American | na | 18.7 | na | na | na | 30.3 | 22.9 | 22.3 |
| Black | na | 58.5 | na | na | na | 99.7 | 57.8 | 47.6 |
| Infant Mortality | ||||||||
| Total | na | 7.9 | na | na | na | na | 7.8 | 6.7 |
| White | na | na | na | na | na | na | 6.4 | 5.7 |
| Black/African American | na | 11.6 | na | na | na | na | 7.8 | 13.3 |
General Notes: NA = not available; mil=million, Little Rock is located in Pulaski County; Marvell, Helena West Helena are located in Phillips County. Helena and West Helena were individual cities until they consolidated in 2006.
Notes on Demographic Characteristics: Total population figures for all geographic regions are from 2009. Other demographic data for counties, AR and US are also from 2009. Data for Little Rock are from 2006-08. Data for Marvell, Helena and West Helena are from 2000 (39)
Notes on Mortality Rates: Infant mortality rate per 1000 live births, 2003-05. All other rates are age-adjusted rates per 100,000 persons. All mortality rates are for 2007. Heart Disease = ICD-10 I60-I78; All Cancer = ICD-10 C00-D48; Ischemic Stroke= ICD-10 I64-I64 (40)