HSA# 30 - ALLEGHANY, VA-GREENBRIER, WV

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
  CHD Stroke AMI CHF
Overall 223.3 56.7 97.1 22.8
Whites 217.9 54.9 95.2 22.0
Blacks 344.1 84.6* 143.8* 35.0*
Males 292.0 53.0 134.0 23.3
Females 169.4 57.8 67.7 22.3
White Males 285.1 50.3 132.1 22.7
White Females 164.3 56.6 65.5 21.7
Black Males 445.8 97.3* 172.9* 34.0*
Black Females 284.2 77.6* 118.5* 30.8*

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Health-Care Providers
  Number
Total MDs (1999) 76
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999) 72
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999) 4
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999) 31
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999) 3
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999) 2
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998) 41
Registered Nurses (1990) 502
Registered Dieticians (1990) 12

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Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization
  Number
Hospitals (1999) 3
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999) 0
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999) 0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999) 0
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999) 3
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999) 0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999) 2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999) 1
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999) 1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999) 3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999) 2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999) 2
Total admissions (1999) 8,657
Total beds (1999) 303
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999) 0
Inpatient days (1999) 39,466
Outpatient visits (1999) 110,115
Emergency Department visits (1999) 31,246

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HMOs and HMO Membership
  Number Membership
Total HMOs (1998) 11 977
Traditional HMOs (1998) 0 0
IPA HMOs (1998) 9 969
Other HMOs (1998) 2 8

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Demographics
  Number Percent
Total Population (1999) 65,684 100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999) 62,991 95.9
Hispanic Whites (1999) 333 0.5
Blacks (1999) 2,115 3.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999) 88 0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999) 157 0.2
Total Hispanics (1999) 369 0.6

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Income, Education and Employment
Avg per capita income (1998) 18,799
Avg median household income (1997) 29,051
Persons in poverty (1997) 9,754
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999) 7
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990) 19
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990) 10

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