Demographics of the area Sample Clauses

Demographics of the area. The geographic area of this CNA is Rapides Parish, Louisiana, which includes Alexandria, the largest city in the parish. Rapides and the surrounding parishes are located in the central region of the state and are often referred to as central Louisiana. The total population of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, in 2014 was 132,488. Of that total, 51.7% of the population was female and 48.3% was male. Figure 1: Map of Rapides Parish, Louisiana (PRC, 2013) `In 2014, white people made up 63.9% of the total population and African-Americans represented 32.0%. Only 2.8% of the total population was considered Hispanic or Latino (US Census Bureau, 2016). From 2009 to 2013, 19.9% of the total population lived below the poverty level1 (US Census Bureau, 2016). RRMC is a for-profit hospital in Alexandria, Louisiana, owned by Health Corporation of America (HCA). It is the largest hospital in the Rapides Healthcare System of Hospitals and attracts patients from a twelve-parish area with a total population of 431,416 (PRC, 2013). All twelve parishes within the healthcare system are medically underserved areas. In 2013, mental health was identified as one of the top five health priorities in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, by focus groups because of the lack of mental healthcare providers in the area, the lack of inpatient mental health beds, the overutilization of ED services for patients in mental health crisis, and the lack of community-based services for mental and behavioral health disorders. Rapides Parish is designated as a Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) in mental health services and is characterized by high poverty and a large elderly population. Medically underserved areas/populations are areas or populations designated by the United States Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services 1 For the purposes of this CNA, the poverty threshold for a family of four is $23,550 annual household income or lower (PRC, 2013). Administration (HRSA) as having too few primary care providers, high infant mortality, high poverty, and/or a high elderly population (PRC, 2013). This determination involves application of the Index of Medical Underservice (IMU) to data on a service area to obtain a score for the Figure 2: Map of Designated Medically Underserved Populations in Louisiana (PRC, 2013) area (XXXX, 0000x). The IMU scale is from 0 to 100, where 0 represents completely underserved and 100 represents best served or least underserved (XXXX, 0000x). Under t...
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