Greenville County - Population 379,616
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)*
5.8  4.0  11.8  8.9  5.8  14.5 
Heart Disease and Stroke (deaths per 100,000) 299.8  313.7  245.7   341.0  357.2  305.7 
Cancer
(deaths per 100,000)
188.1  187.8  189.1  204.7  214.1  184.0 
Diabetes Mellitus
(deaths per 100,000)
33.5  32.1  38.6   30.0  24.0  43.0 
HIV Disease
(deaths per 100,000)
4.7  2.0  15.4   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 (%) 13.6  15.5  49.0  14.8  18.5  42.1 
School dropout rate (%) 2.3  1.9  3.3  3.2  2.7  3.7 
Children <18 years of age living below poverty (%) 13.7  8.3  27.3  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 Greenville County | Students from Greenville County | Alumni living in Greenville County | Volunteerism

MUSC Greenville County Programs

Special Initiatives
Dental Services for Special Needs Patients
Diabetes Initiatives of South Carolina
Hands-on-Health
Health-E-AME
Health-E-AME Physical-E-Fit

Hispanic Health Initiative
SC Geriatric Education Center Program
Library Supported Document Delivery
Med-Mentor

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Clinical Outreach
Hollings Mobile Health Unit
Parish Nursing
Pediatric Cardiology
Pediatric Nephrology
South Carolina Agromedicine Program
Transplant Surgery

Hypertension Expert Physicians

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Education
Physical Therapy
Interdisciplinary Courses for Occupational Therapy
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Health Administration and Policy
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Program
Family Medicine Rural Clerkship

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Number of Inpatients from Greenville County during year ending June 30, 2004:
302

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Number of Students from Greenville County During Fall 2004
College of Medicine: 48
College of Nursing: 11
College of Dental Medicine: 25
College of Pharmacy: 20
College of Health Professions: 45
College of Graduate Studies: 2

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Number of MUSC Alumni living in Greenville County year ending June 30, 2004
College of Medicine: 365
College of Nursing: 110
College of Dental Medicine: 113
College of Pharmacy: 122
College of Health Professions: 351
College of Graduate Studies: 5

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Volunteerism

Board of Trustees
Mr. Thomas L. Stephenson, Esquire
Dr. Charles B. Thomas, Jr.
The Honarable J. Verne Smith (Emeritus)

Board of Visitors
Mr. George A. Douglas
Dr. Patrick B. Mullen
Mr. Steven H. Owings
Mr. C. caryle Steele

CardioVascular Institute Board Of Directors
Mr. Harris L. Crowley, Jr.
Mr. J. Carroll Rushing, Sr.

College of Health Professions Public Advisory Board
Mr. David Huff
Mr. William B. Whitney

College of Nursing Advisory Board
Ms. Susan White

Hollings Cancer Center Citizen’s Advisory Council
Ms. Sharron O. Blackwell
Mr. Antony C. Harper

Ms. Jean Baiden
Mr. William Cave

Hollings Cancer Center Advisory Board
Mr. Roberty M. Hitt, III

Health Science Foundation Planned Giving Advisory Council
Mr. Dave Massey, Esquire
Mr. Don Stokes
Mr. Steven M. Fisher

Storm Eye Institute Board Of Directors
Mr. James Freeman
Mrs. Charlotte Sloan



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