HSA# 32 - HAMPDEN (SPRINGFIELD), MA-HAMPSHIRE, MA

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 172.3 51.2 71.2 26.4
Whites 173.9 50.8 71.7 26.6
Blacks 133.1 61.2 60.2 25.2*
Males 230.2 56.2 93.1 28.2
Females 132.2 47.6 54.9 25.0
White Males 233.5 56.5 93.8 28.8
White Females 132.8 46.7 55.2 25.0
Black Males 153.0 47.4* 80.6 11.8*
Black Females 111.3 66.6 43.0* 32.0*

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Health-Care Providers
  Number
Total MDs (1999) 1,447
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999) 1,126
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999) 321
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999) 399
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999) 86
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999) 43
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998) 15
Registered Nurses (1990) 5,702
Registered Dieticians (1990) 162

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Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization
  Number
Hospitals (1999) 7
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999) 3
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999) 1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999) 2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999) 7
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999) 1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999) 6
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999) 6
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999) 5
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999) 7
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999) 5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999) 6
Total admissions (1999) 62,866
Total beds (1999) 1,288
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999) 31
Inpatient days (1999) 342,410
Outpatient visits (1999) 1373480
Emergency Department visits (1999) 248,499

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HMOs and HMO Membership
  Number Membership
Total HMOs (1998) 24 231,315
Traditional HMOs (1998) 0 0
IPA HMOs (1998) 13 71,086
Other HMOs (1998) 11 160,229

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Demographics
  Number Percent
Total Population (1999) 589,171 100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999) 471,625 80.0
Hispanic Whites (1999) 54,902 9.3
Blacks (1999) 48,344 8.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999) 1,237 0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999) 13,063 2.2
Total Hispanics (1999) 63,455 10.8

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Income, Education and Employment
Avg per capita income (1998) 26,130
Avg median household income (1997) 38,165
Persons in poverty (1997) 85,335
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999) 4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990) 9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990) 21

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