HSA# 34 - WOOD (PARKERSBURG), WV-WASHINGTON, OH

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 238.6 59.9 103.3 24.6
Whites 239.3 60.1 103.3 24.6
Blacks 178.5* 67.0* 89.8* 29.8*
Males 293.4 64.1 135.5 22.6
Females 197.2 56.1 80.0 25.2
White Males 295.5 64.1 136.0 22.5
White Females 196.9 56.4 79.8 25.3
Black Males 49.8* 90.5* 49.8* 40.8*
Black Females 285.6* 62.3* 126.4* 23.5*

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Health-Care Providers
  Number
Total MDs (1999) 274
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999) 249
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999) 25
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999) 91
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999) 14
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999) 8
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998) 33
Registered Nurses (1990) 1,516
Registered Dieticians (1990) 85

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Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization
  Number
Hospitals (1999) 7
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999) 1
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999) 1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999) 1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999) 6
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999) 0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999) 6
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999) 6
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999) 4
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999) 6
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999) 5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999) 5
Total admissions (1999) 33,022
Total beds (1999) 898
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999) 10
Inpatient days (1999) 169,259
Outpatient visits (1999) 685,834
Emergency Department visits (1999) 136,444

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HMOs and HMO Membership
  Number Membership
Total HMOs (1998) 26 10,680
Traditional HMOs (1998) 0 0
IPA HMOs (1998) 14 4,093
Other HMOs (1998) 12 6,587

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Demographics
  Number Percent
Total Population (1999) 224,814 100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999) 221,100 98.3
Hispanic Whites (1999) 710 0.3
Blacks (1999) 1,815 0.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999) 336 0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999) 853 0.4
Total Hispanics (1999) 735 0.3

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Income, Education and Employment
Avg per capita income (1998) 20,441
Avg median household income (1997) 31,332
Persons in poverty (1997) 33,543
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999) 7
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990) 14
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990) 11

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