HSA# 64 - ATLANTIC (ATLANTIC CITY), NJ-CAPE MAY, NJ

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 234.0 53.1 75.5 12.4
Whites 234.2 51.9 77.2 13.2
Blacks 233.6 61.0 61.6 7.2*
Males 300.0 52.2 99.3 13.1
Females 183.2 52.3 57.4 11.9
White Males 299.6 50.5 102.5 14.2
White Females 182.8 51.5 57.8 12.5
Black Males 309.0 64.4 71.7 6.5*
Black Females 183.9 57.5 52.9 7.7*

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Health-Care Providers
  Number
Total MDs (1999) 548
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999) 452
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999) 96
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999) 139
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999) 37
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999) 24
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998) 73
Registered Nurses (1990) 2,717
Registered Dieticians (1990) 129

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Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization
  Number
Hospitals (1999) 4
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999) 2
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999) 0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999) 1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999) 4
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999) 0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999) 2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999) 3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999) 2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999) 3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999) 3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999) 3
Total admissions (1999) 44,526
Total beds (1999) 891
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999) 4
Inpatient days (1999) 245,236
Outpatient visits (1999) 689,118
Emergency Department visits (1999) 161,036

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HMOs and HMO Membership
  Number Membership
Total HMOs (1998) 26 88,635
Traditional HMOs (1998) 2 772
IPA HMOs (1998) 18 63,508
Other HMOs (1998) 6 24,355

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Demographics
  Number Percent
Total Population (1999) 337,635 100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999) 249,076 73.8
Hispanic Whites (1999) 21,990 6.5
Blacks (1999) 55,376 16.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999) 1,215 0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999) 9,978 3.0
Total Hispanics (1999) 27,066 8.0

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Income, Education and Employment
Avg per capita income (1998) 30,739
Avg median household income (1997) 37,569
Persons in poverty (1997) 36,179
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999) 8
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990) 9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990) 17

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