Editing Lincoln County, Arkansas (section)

===Public health===
Lincoln County's above-average poverty rate{{#tag:ref|Lincoln County's poverty rate was 32.9%, comparing to 22.4% for Arkansas's rural areas, and a 19.6% statewide average.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{harvp|"Profile"|2015|pp= 54-55}}.</ref>|group=Note}} suggests a high [[Medicaid]] eligibility rate. As of 2012, 25.6% of Lincoln County was eligible for Medicaid, with 62.8% of children under 19 eligible for [[ARKids First]], a program by the [[Arkansas Department of Human Services]] that combines children's Medicaid (ARKids A) and other programs for families with higher incomes (ARKids B).<ref>{{harvp|"Profile"|2015|p= 55}}.</ref> These values are more in line with statewide averages{{#tag:ref|Statewide averages were 27.8% and 59.1% for Medicaid eligibility and ARKids eligibility, respectively.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{harvp|"Profile"|2015|pp= 54-55}}.</ref>|group=Note}} than typical values for rural Arkansas counties.{{#tag:ref|Arkansas rural county averages were 31.3% and 66.3% for Medicaid eligibility and ARKids eligibility, respectively.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{harvp|"Profile"|2015|pp= 54-55}}.</ref>|group=Note}}

The county's population is significantly above healthy weight, with 69.8% of adults and 43.5% of children/adolescents ranking as overweight or obese, above the state averages of 67.1% and 39.3%,<ref>{{harvp|"Profile"|2015|pp= 56-57}}.</ref> themselves significantly above national averages of 62.9% and 30.3%, respectively.<ref>{{cite web |title= Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity: Data, Trends and Maps |publisher= Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |url= https://nccd.cdc.gov/NPAO_DTM/Default.aspx |access-date= July 31, 2017 |archive-date= December 21, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161221162248/https://nccd.cdc.gov/NPAO_DTM/Default.aspx |url-status= dead }}</ref>

The [[Jefferson Regional Medical Center]] in Pine Bluff is a [[community hospital]] offering acute inpatient care, [[emergency care]], cardiology, home health, inpatient hospice, neurology, surgery, and the UAMS South Central Family Residency Program. The facility is rated as a [[Level 4 Trauma Center]] by the [[Arkansas Department of Health]]. [[Baptist Health Medical Center]] and [[CHI St. Vincent Infirmary]] are [[Tertiary referral hospital|referral hospital]]s in Little Rock. The nearest [[Level 1 Trauma Center]]s are [[Arkansas Children's Hospital]] (ACH, or "Children's") and [[University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences]] (UAMS), both in Little Rock.<ref>{{cite web |title= Designated Trauma Centers |date= June 7, 2016 |url= http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/programsServices/injuryPreventionControl/TraumaticSystems/Pages/DesignatedTraumaCenters.aspx |publisher= Arkansas Department of Health |access-date= July 31, 2017 |archive-date= February 11, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120211165823/http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/programsServices/injuryPreventionControl/TraumaticSystems/Pages/DesignatedTraumaCenters.aspx |url-status= dead }}</ref>