HSA# 38 - KENNEBEC, ME-SOMERSET, ME

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 209.1 50.2 78.2 21.8
Whites 209.4 50.4 78.2 21.9
Blacks 201.8* 0.0* 201.8* 0.0*
Males 273.2 61.6 105.2 24.6
Females 158.3 43.4 55.5 19.8
White Males 273.4 61.8 104.8 24.7
White Females 158.6 43.5 55.6 19.8
Black Males 643.0* 0.0* 643.0* 0.0*
Black Females 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 0.0*

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Health-Care Providers
  Number
Total MDs (1999) 355
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999) 300
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999) 55
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999) 131
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999) 13
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999) 7
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998) 37
Registered Nurses (1990) 1,669
Registered Dieticians (1990) 57

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Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization
  Number
Hospitals (1999) 6
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999) 2
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999) 0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999) 0
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999) 4
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999) 0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999) 3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999) 3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999) 0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999) 4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999) 3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999) 0
Total admissions (1999) 23,979
Total beds (1999) 755
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999) 6
Inpatient days (1999) 184,113
Outpatient visits (1999) 717,650
Emergency Department visits (1999) 107,057

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HMOs and HMO Membership
  Number Membership
Total HMOs (1998) 15 57,138
Traditional HMOs (1998) 2 88
IPA HMOs (1998) 10 53,829
Other HMOs (1998) 3 3,221

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Demographics
  Number Percent
Total Population (1999) 204,819 100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999) 201,663 98.5
Hispanic Whites (1999) 1,066 0.5
Blacks (1999) 463 0.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999) 619 0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999) 1,008 0.5
Total Hispanics (1999) 1,163 0.6

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Income, Education and Employment
Avg per capita income (1998) 21,172
Avg median household income (1997) 32,657
Persons in poverty (1997) 25,159
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999) 5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990) 10
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990) 16

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