HSA# 72 - FRANKLIN, PA-WASHINGTON (HAGERSTOWN), MD

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 201.9 58.7 87.4 15.1
Whites 202.8 59.0 88.1 15.3
Blacks 172.9 42.3* 62.6* 4.5*
Males 253.8 53.2 114.5 18.7
Females 160.0 60.8 66.1 12.6
White Males 256.1 53.6 115.7 18.8
White Females 160.0 61.1 66.4 12.9
Black Males 158.8* 33.4* 76.1* 7.3*
Black Females 182.3* 49.5* 54.0* 0.0*

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Health-Care Providers
  Number
Total MDs (1999) 355
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999) 323
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999) 32
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999) 114
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999) 21
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999) 11
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998) 14
Registered Nurses (1990) 1,526
Registered Dieticians (1990) 97

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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) 1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999) 2
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) 4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999) 3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999) 4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999) 3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999) 3
Total admissions (1999) 30,602
Total beds (1999) 715
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999) 20
Inpatient days (1999) 164,180
Outpatient visits (1999) 473,363
Emergency Department visits (1999) 115,546

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HMOs and HMO Membership
  Number Membership
Total HMOs (1998) 12 24,992
Traditional HMOs (1998) 0 0
IPA HMOs (1998) 8 16,319
Other HMOs (1998) 4 8,673

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Demographics
  Number Percent
Total Population (1999) 271,219 100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999) 252,658 93.2
Hispanic Whites (1999) 2,670 1.0
Blacks (1999) 12,976 4.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999) 613 0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999) 2,302 0.8
Total Hispanics (1999) 3,295 1.2

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Income, Education and Employment
Avg per capita income (1998) 23,096
Avg median household income (1997) 37,346
Persons in poverty (1997) 24,087
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999) 4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990) 13
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990) 12

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