Charleston County - Population 309,969
County Profile
Statistics (2000 unless noted) County State
Health Disparities
Total
White
Black and Other
Total
White
Black
and Other
Infant Mortality
(deaths per 1000 live births)*
10.1  4.9  17.0  8.9  5.8  14.5 
Heart Disease and Stroke (deaths per 100,000) 316.2  323.4  303.8  341.0  357.2  305.7 
Cancer
(deaths per 100,000)
221.0  223.9  216.0  204.7  214.1  184.0 
Diabetes Mellitus
(deaths per 100,000)
33.9  18.4  60.6   30.0  24.0  43.0 
HIV Disease
(deaths per 100,000)
8.4  2.6  18.4   6.5  2.1  16.0 
Immunizations among 19-35 Months of Age (%)** NA  NA  NA  78.7  81.9  78.3 
Social Indicators
Not ready for first grade year (%) 17.0  15.9  45.5  14.8  18.5  42.1 
School dropout rate (%) 3.3  1.4  4.6  3.2  2.7  3.7 
Children <18 years of age living below poverty (%) 23.3  7.4  38.9  18.8  9.5  32.5 

*2001 rates, SC DHEC: PHSIS-Division of bioStatistics
**Children in the Q1/2001-Q4/2001 National Immunization Survey were born between 02/1998 and 05/2000 with 4:3:1:3:3

MUSC Assets

Special Initatives | Clinical Outreach | Education | Inpatients from Charleston County | Students from Charleston County | Alumni living in Charleston County | Volunteerism

MUSC Charleston County Programs

Special Initiatives
MUSC Gives Back
Diabetes Connection

Diabetes Initiatives of South Carolina
Enterprise/MUSC Neighborhood Health Program
Dental Outreach to the Underserved
DADS Program
Health Effects of Rape Victimization
Dental Services for Special Needs Patients
Innovative Alternatives for Women

School Based Clinics
SC Geriatric Education Center Program
Mobile Dental Van
Healthy Lifestyle Program
Hands-on-Health
Health-E-AME
Health-E-AME Physical-E-Fit

Hispanic Health Initiative
Library Supported Document Delivery
Med-Mentor
RAPID Contract

Increasing Immunizations in Children
Community Ourtreach Program- Esperanza (COPE)
Stroke Initiative in South Carolina

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Clinical Outreach
Hollings Mobile Health Unit
Parish Nursing

Project Sugar
Reach 2010
Union Heights Clinic
South Carolina Agromedicine Program
Tumor Board
Hypertension Expert Physicians

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Education
Family Medicine Rural Clerkship
Community Leadership Institute

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Number of Inpatients from Charleston County during year ending June 30, 2004:
13,815

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Number of Students from Charleston County During Fall 2004
College of Medicine: 127
College of Nursing: 124
College of Dental Medicine: 36
College of Pharmacy: 59
College of Health Professions: 149
College of Graduate Studies: 85

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Number of MUSC Alumni living in Charleston County year ending June 30, 2004
College of Medicine: 760
College of Nursing: 200
College of Dental Medicine: 1,158
College of Pharmacy: 366
College of Health Professions: 1,329
College of Graduate Studies: 192

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Volunteerism

Board of Trustees
Dr. Donald R. Johnson, II, Chair
Mr. Melvyn Berlinsky
Mr. William B. Hewitt
Dr. Paula E. Orr

Board of Visitors
Mr. Andrew J. Savage, Esquire
Dr. Larry J. Ferguson
Mrs. Molly F. Greene
Mr. Mark Maresca

CardioVascular Institute Board Of Directors
Mr. Edward B. Cottingham
Dr. Fred A. Crawford
Mr. Calvin H. East
Mr. Richard D. Elliott
Dr. Peter C. Gazes
Ms. Harriet Daughtridge Harris
Mr. Dennis Holt
Mr. Morris Kalinsky
Mr. Robert D. Lurie
Dr. Layton McCurdy
Mr. James Ramich
Mr. Lawrence E. Richter
Mrs. Beverly Seinsheimer
Mr. Melvin Solomon
Mr. Robert J. Sywolski
Mr. Larry W. Tarleton
Mr. Charles E. Volpe
Dr. Raymond S. Greenberg
Dr. Jerry Reves
Dr. Jack Feussner
Dr. Michael Gold
Dr. Roger Markwald
Dr. Phil Saul

Children's Hospital Advisory Board Of Directors
Mrs. Donna Bailey
Mr. Tommy Baker
Mr. John M. Crawford
Mr. Charles P. Darby, III
Mr. Ted Fetner
Mrs. Alicia Gregory
Mrs. Frances Hegenberger
Mr. Paul Hulsey
Mrs. Mona Kalinsky
Dr. Lyndon Key
Mr. David J. Kreber
Mrs. Jane Lurie
Mr. Thomas M. McNally
Mrs. Sallie K. Pritchard
Mr. Darius Rucker
Dr. J. Phillip Saul
Mrs. Karen Sywolski
Mr. John E. Thompson
Mr. Doug Warner
Mrs. Lisa Weitz

College of Health Professions Public Advisory Board
Mr. Mitchell Carnell
Mr. Steven Dopp
Mrs. Yvonne Evans
Mr. David Garr
Ms. Kitty McEaddy
Dr. Maxine Smith
Mrs. Marily M. Swygert
Mrs. Catherine Harrell

College of Nursing Advisory Board
Mrs. Marian Bennett
Mrs. Beverly Bonner
Mrs. Mary Brady
Ms. Kay Chitty
Dr. Rosslee G. Douglas
Mr. Michael Gaffney
Mr. John Golding
Mr. Dwayne M. Green
Mrs. Joan Hackyard
Mrs. Mary Alice Kruesi
Mr. John Kuhn
Mrs. Bonnie K. Lester
Mr. William A. Mountcastle
Mrs. Janelle Othersen
Ms. Marilyn Schaffner

College of Pharmacy Advisory Board
Mr. J. Robert Bradham
Mr. Toby Clark
Dr. William H. Golod
Mrs. Doris Meddin
Mr. James A. Neipp
Ms. Mary Stewart Sheppard

Health Science Foundation Board Directors
Mr. William A. Baker
Mr. Melvyn Berlinsky
Mr. Frank W. Brumley
Mr. Thomas W. Cameron
Dr. James B. Edwards
Mr. Richard D. Elliott
Dr. Raymond S. Greenberg
Mr. F. John Herrmann
Mr. William B. Hewitt
Mr. William M. Matthew
Mr. Arthur C. McFarland, Esquire
Mr. Antony M. Merck, Esquire
Mr. John T. Morse
Mrs. Rita L. O'Neill
Mr. Wilbur J. Prezzano
Mr. Burton R. Schools
Mr. Walter G. Seinsheimer
Mr. John E. Thompson, Jr.
Mr. Thomas Waring, Esquire
Mrs. Anita G. Zucker

Hollings Cancer Center Advisory Board
Mr. Melvyn Berlinsky
Ms. Peatsy Hollings
Mr. James L. Ferguson
Mr. Ernest F. Hollings
Mr. Harry Huge, Esquire
Mr. William E. Craver
Mr. Joseph F. Rice, Esquire
Ms. Susan C. Rosen, Esquire
Mr. Hilton C. Smith

Hollings Cancer Center Citizens Advisory Council
Mr. J. M. Allen, Esquire
Mrs. Dorothy S. Ashley
Mr. Edwin L. Bealer
Ms. Cindy C. Brams
Mr. Robert Coffee
Mrs. Lisa Cohen
Mr. William E. Craver
Ms. Elaine F. Cross
Ms. Joan W. Fox
Ms. Margot S. Freudenberg
Mr. Leonard Greenebaum
Ms. Lane Harper
Mr. Thomas L. Harper Jr.
Dr. Catherine D. Harvey
Ms. Marilyn N. Hoffman
Mr. Charles Hollis
Mr. Richard R. Infinger
Mrs. Janet Pearlstine Lipov
Ms. Susan C. Myers
Mr. Norman Nirenblatt
Ms. Susan O'Rourke
Ms. Mary D. H. Porter
Ms. Diane Fox Prystowsky
Mr. I. Mayo Read
Ms. Mary L. Rittenberg
Ms. Susan C. Rosen, Esquire
Mr. A. Eugene Roundtree
Ms. Phyllis F. Shaffer
Ms. Barbara S. Spitz
Mrs. Rose D. Stewart
Ms. Sarah Yablon

Health Sciences Foundation Planned Giving Advisory Council
Mr. Rock Amick
Mr. Thomas P. Anderson
Mr. Robert M. Baldwin
Mr. Brett Bluestein, Esquire
Mr. Steven Bowen
Ms. Rosalie Bradham
Mr. C. Michael Branham, Esquire
Mr. K. Mace Brown
Mr. Lon Burris
Mr. Dennis J. Christensen, Esquire
Mr. Thomas P. Cothran, Esquire
Mr. Scott Cracraft
Mr. Steven E. Craig, Esquire
Mr. J. Kevin Crain, Esquire
Mr. Bobby Creech
Ms. Donna Looms Emerson
Mr. Rick Ett
Mr. Mitchell R. Fischbein
Mr. Jim Fisher
Mr. Steven M. Fisher
Mr. Frank C. Ford, III
Dr. Raymond S. Greenberg
Ms. Cecilia E. Haborak
Ms. Sharon E. Hinnant
Mr. William C. Hudson
Mr. David Humphreys, Esquire
Mr. Michael Jones, Esquire
Mr. Thomas H. Ketchin, III
Ms. Catherine C. Latto
Mr. Paul M. Lynch, Esquire
Mr. Dick Mappus
Mr. Dave Massey, Esquire
Ms. Jane B. McCullough
Mr. John J. McGovern
Mr. W. Thomas McQueeney
Mr. Thomas O. Mitchum
Ms. Mary C. Moore
Mr. Pamela C. Nothstein
Ms. Anne Olson
Mr. Gregory D. Padgett
Mr. Matthew Pardieck
Mr. James L. Parris, Esquire
Mr. Jerry B. Rothschild
Ms. Elizabeth J. Savage
Ms. Ali Sayas
Mr. Lester S. Schwartz, Esquire
Ms. Cathy B. Sineath
Ms. Virginia Meeks Shuman, Esquire
Mr. Kenneth F. Smith
Mr. Park B. Smith
Mr. Richard C. Terhune
Mr. David E. Thiem
Dr. Diane Doran Walters
Mr. Larry P. Weatherford
Mr. R. Patrick Welch
Ms. Judy A. Werrell
Mr. Howie Witz

Storm Eye Institute Board Of Directors
Mr. Andrew Allen
Mr. Arthur Applegate
Mr. James Bobo
Mr. Julius Burges
Dr. George Croffead
Ms. Ronda Dean
Dr. Marvin Dulaney
Mr. Frank W. Glenn
Mr. Lonnie Hamilton
Mrs. Laura Hewitt
Mr. Ray Johnson
Mrs. Elizabeth I. Marshall
Mr. Karl E. Novak
Mr. Daniel J. Rissing
Mr. Ed Steymeyer
Mr. Mike Veeck
Mr. David Wallace


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