HSA# 517 - COMAL (NEW BRAUNFELS), TX

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 3.7*
Whites 2.3*
Blacks 95.8*
Males 3.6*
Females 3.5*
White Males 0.8*
White Females 3.5*
Black Males 218.9*
Black Females 0.0*

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Health-Care Providers
  Number
Total MDs (1999) 98
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999) 92
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999) 6
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999) 42
MDs with Pediatric Specialty 5
MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty 2
MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty 1

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Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization
  Number
Hospitals (1999) 2
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 8,763
Hospital beds 213

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HMOs and HMO Membership
  Number Membership
Total HMOs (1998) 17 8,939
Traditional HMOs (1998) 1 1
IPA HMOs (1998) 7 2,584
Other HMOs (1998) 9 6,354

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Demographics
  Number Percent
Total Population (1999) 76,770 100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999) 53,592 69.8
Hispanic Whites (1999) 21,726 28.3
Blacks (1999) 747 1.0
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999) 293 0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999) 412 0.5
Total Hispanics (1999) 22,031 28.7

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Income, Education and Employment
Avg per capita income (1998) 27,560
Avg median household income (1997) 39,600
Persons in poverty (1997) 7,642
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990) 13
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990) 20
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999) 3

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