HSA# 46 - CABELL (HUNTINGTON), WV-BOYD, KY

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 256.8 74.7 117.8 31.3
Whites 258.1 74.3 118.7 31.7
Blacks 216.2 98.5 78.7* 13.4*
Males 325.8 69.1 150.4 32.5
Females 202.2 77.6 91.5 30.2
White Males 327.8 68.3 152.2 33.1
White Females 203.1 77.3 91.8 30.5
Black Males 253.6* 110.7* 54.2* 0.0*
Black Females 187.4 105.5* 89.3* 17.0*

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Health-Care Providers
  Number
Total MDs (1999) 732
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999) 566
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999) 166
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999) 209
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999) 35
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999) 28
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998) 32
Registered Nurses (1990) 2,484
Registered Dieticians (1990) 121

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Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization
  Number
Hospitals (1999) 7
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999) 2
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999) 4
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999) 3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999) 5
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999) 2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999) 4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999) 5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999) 5
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999) 5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999) 4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999) 4
Total admissions (1999) 69,369
Total beds (1999) 1,620
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999) 13
Inpatient days (1999) 357,839
Outpatient visits (1999) 919,605
Emergency Department visits (1999) 211,016

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HMOs and HMO Membership
  Number Membership
Total HMOs (1998) 45 15,876
Traditional HMOs (1998) 0 0
IPA HMOs (1998) 18 3,055
Other HMOs (1998) 27 12,821

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Demographics
  Number Percent
Total Population (1999) 362,494 100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999) 352,146 97.1
Hispanic Whites (1999) 1,567 0.4
Blacks (1999) 7,100 2.0
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999) 438 0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999) 1,243 0.3
Total Hispanics (1999) 1,803 0.5

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Income, Education and Employment
Avg per capita income (1998) 19,044
Avg median household income (1997) 27,944
Persons in poverty (1997) 70,168
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999) 7
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990) 18
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990) 11

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