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LIVING HERE 2007
SUPPLEMENT TO THE TUSCALOOSA NEWS
MEDICAL/HEALTH SERVICESI MEDICAL UPDATE
Tuscaloosa has 262 physicians who are members of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama. Below their numbers are given by specialty.
Birth by race Of the 2,258 babies born in 2005, 875 were of non-white descent and 1,383 were of white descent.
Amount
Allergy Anesthesiology Cardiovascular Critical Care Med. Dermatology Diagnostic Radiology Emergency Medicine Family Practice Gynecology Gastroenterology Hematology/Med. Oncology Internal Medicine Infectious Diseases Medical Oncology Neonatology Neurology Neurological Surgery Obstetrics/Gynecology Occupational Med. Ophthalmology Orthopedic Surgery Ontology Psychiatry Pathology Pediatrics Physical Med./Rehabilitation Plastic Surgery Pulmonary Diseases Radiology Rheumatology Radiation Oncology General Surgery Sleep Disorders Med Thoracic Surgery Urological Surgery Urology
3 7 3 1 9 6 10 36 1 4 1 37 2 1 1 9 3 18 2 4 13 8 10 6 10 5 4 4 18 2 2 15 1 2 1 4
AIDS/HIV in Tuscaloosa County Number of Tuscaloosa County persons confirmed to be infected with AIDS/HIV.
39% non-white 61% white
2005
381 cases
2006
409 cases
AIDS/HIV in Alabama
The Alabama AIDS rate has decreased by less than 1% over the last year.
Wed and Unwed
The number of new unwed mothers in Tuscaloosa for 2005 was 831.
2005
13,732 cases
2005
36% unwed Mothers 64% wed mothers
14,667 cases Source: Alabama Department of Public Health
Highest AIDS/HIV rates in Alabama
Jefferson Co.(Birmingham) 3,991 4,251 Mobile Co. 2005 2,258 2006 2,376 Montgomery Co. 1,596 Above is a list of 1,743 Alabama's top five counties in number of Madison Co. persons with the 621 AIDS/HIV virus. 686 Tuscaloosa ranks fifth Tuscaloosa Co. among them while Jefferson County 381 contained the most. 409
Tuscaloosa Medical Facts
Tuscaloosa death profile Birth Weights Low birth weights in 2005 were 271 out of 2,225
Tuscaloosa County had 1,489 deaths in 2005, up from 1,486 in 2004 according to a health profile provided by the Alabama Department of Public Health Center for Health Statistics.
12% low birth weights
Cause Heart Disease 88% regular birth weights Cancer Stroke Source: Alabama Department of Public Health Center for Chronic Respiratory Health Statistics Diabetes Influenza/Pneumonia Alzheimer's Northport Hospital Dr. Suicide Medical Center Homicide HIV 82 Univers ity Blvd Motor Vehicle 69 . Suffocating Tuscaloosa 15th St. Poisoning Smoke/Fire 82 Univers Falls ity Blvd. Drowning Bryant Dr. Firearms DCH Druid All other causes City Regional 20 59 Hospital Total Med. Ctr.
Hospitals
15th St.
8th Ave.
Health Professionals
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Tuscaloosa
Is there a doctor in the house?
2004
2005
360 321 96 75 51 47 35 18 18 3 44 5 6 3 0 2 1 401 1,486
372 308 108 87 29 51 33 19 10 4 28 8 11 2 2 2 0 415 1,489
Source: Alabama Department of Public Health Center for Health Statistics
Insurance Disputes? Alabama Department of Insurance has a toll-free help line at 1-800-433-3936.
Nursing Schools University of Alabama Capstone College of Nursing Ida V. Moffett School of Nursing at Samford University University of West Alabama, Ira D. Pruitt Division of Nursing University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing
STAFF GRAPHIC | ANTHONY BRATINA
MENTAL HEALTH BRYCE HOSPITAL
200 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, 205-759-0799 Ownership: State of Alabama Operated by: Alabama Department of Mental Health and Retardation Administrator: David Bennett Hospital type: Psychiatric/Urban Current population: 318 Purpose: Provides psychiatric treat-
ment to the state’s seriously mentally ill.
INDIAN RIVERS MENTAL HEALTH CENTER
3701 Loop Road E., Building 39, Tuscaloosa, 205-562-3700 Ownership: Not for profit Operated by: Mental Health Board of Bibb, Pickens and Tuscaloosa County Administrator: Jim Moore Purpose: Provides services to indi-
viduals who have mental illness, mental retardation and substance abuse problems. Indian Rivers also provides outpatient treatment, in-home intervention, residential services and case management and crisis services.
MARY STARKE HARPER GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY CENTER
200 University Blvd. Tuscaloosa, 205-759-0900
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Ownership: State of Alabama Operated by: Alabama Department of Mental Health and Retardation Administrator: Dr. Beverly BellShambley Hospital type: Psychiatric/urban Current population: 121 Purpose: Acute care treatment facility for psychiatric patients 65 or older that have serious mental illness as X