HSA# 378 - LA PORTE, IN-STARKE, IN

HSA Profiles

Mortality Rates

Health-Care Providers

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

HMOs and HMO Membership

Demographics

Income, Education and Employment

Age-Adjusted Mortality per 100,000 Population, 1996-98
  Asthma
Overall 2.1*
Whites 1.9*
Blacks 2.1*
Males 1.6*
Females 2.2*
White Males 1.7*
White Females 1.8*
Black Males 0.0*
Black Females 6.9*

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Health-Care Providers
  Number
Total MDs (1999) 162
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999) 152
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999) 10
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999) 61
MDs with Pediatric Specialty 8
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty 0
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty 1

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Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization
  Number
Hospitals (1999) 3
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999) 2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999) 2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999) 2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999) 1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999) 2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999) 2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999) 2
Hospital Admissions 15,517
Hospital beds 469

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HMOs and HMO Membership
  Number Membership
Total HMOs (1998) 10 7,990
Traditional HMOs (1998) 0 0
IPA HMOs (1998) 1 1,060
Other HMOs (1998) 9 6,930

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Demographics
  Number Percent
Total Population (1999) 133,536 100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999) 118,324 88.6
Hispanic Whites (1999) 2,857 2.1
Blacks (1999) 11,231 8.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999) 397 0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999) 727 0.5
Total Hispanics (1999) 3,083 2.3

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Income, Education and Employment
Avg per capita income (1998) 21,871
Avg median household income (1997) 37,091
Persons in poverty (1997) 14,287
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990) 10
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990) 11
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999) 4

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