Population: 89,361 |
Median Household Income : $37,225 Population below Federal Poverty Line: 15.5 Infant Mortality: 8.3 (*) per 1,000 live births Teen Pregnancies: 66.6 per 1,000 teens AIDS Cases: 37 per 100,000 HIV Cases: 36 per 100,000 Syphilis Rate: 1.1 per 100,000 Gonorrhea Rate: 77.5 per 100,000 Chlamydia Rate: 239.4 per 100,000 |
(*) denotes data that should be used with caution. For example, the State Center for Health Statistics notes that infant mortality rates based on less than 10 deaths are unreliable and should be interpreted with caution. Teen pregnancy rates that are based on fewer than 20 cases are also viewed as unstable.
(†) Rate reports on legal induced abortions per 1,000 females, ages 15-44.
Free Clinics:
NC Association of Free Clinics
http://www.ncfreeclinics.org
Hospital(s):
N.C. Health Info - health and medical resources for North Carolinians
http://www.nchealthinfo.org/
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RICHES Contacts:
Dawn Winters
Director of Development
Good Samaritan Clinic
305 West Union Street, Morganton, NC 28655
[email protected]
(828) 439-9945, ext. 266 (telephone)
Lisa Moore
Supervisor
Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program
Burke County Health Department
http://co.burke.nc.us/departments/health/
700 East Parker Road, Morganton, NC 28655
(828) 439-4400 (telephone)
(828) 439-4444 (fax)
[email protected]
Katie Hayward
Good Samaritan Clinic
http://www.good-sam.com/
305 West Union Street, Morganton, NC 28655
(828) 439-9945 (telephone)
(828) 439-9917 (fax)
[email protected]
Lucy Walker
Nurse Practioner
Compassionate Hearts Clinic
7449 Oak Ridge Church Rd., Connelly Springs, NC 28612
(828) 874-0891 (telephone)
[email protected]
Hilda Cook
Health Educator
AIDS Leadership Foothills Alliance (ALFA)
http://www.alfainfo.org/
1120 Fairgrove Church Road SE, Ste. 328, Hickory NC, 28602
(828) 326-2385 (telephone)
(828) 322-8795 (fax)
[email protected]
Linda Hasan
Shelter Manager
My Sister's House
PO Box 5217, Statesville NC, 28687
(704) 872-3403 (telephone)
[email protected]
Wendy Myers
Director
Pregnancy Care Center of Burke County
PO Box 368, Drexel, NC 28619
(828) 437-4357 (telephone)
(828) 437-2658 (fax)
[email protected]