HSA# 85 - NEW HAVEN (NEW HAVEN), CT-LITCHFIELD, CT

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 197.6 54.0 55.3 12.8
Whites 196.7 53.4 55.4 12.7
Blacks 218.0 68.1 57.9 13.6
Males 251.8 52.5 72.2 12.8
Females 155.8 54.2 42.5 12.8
White Males 251.9 51.8 73.1 12.8
White Females 153.9 53.7 41.9 12.7
Black Males 262.2 66.0 65.0 11.2*
Black Females 187.3 69.6 53.2 14.7*

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Health-Care Providers
  Number
Total MDs (1999) 3,909
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999) 2,639
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999) 1,270
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999) 865
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999) 185
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999) 119
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998) 16
Registered Nurses (1990) 12,421
Registered Dieticians (1990) 413

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Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization
  Number
Hospitals (1999) 12
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999) 7
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999) 3
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999) 5
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999) 12
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999) 3
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999) 11
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999) 10
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999) 10
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999) 11
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999) 10
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999) 10
Total admissions (1999) 118,531
Total beds (1999) 2,481
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999) 87
Inpatient days (1999) 647,680
Outpatient visits (1999) 2777895
Emergency Department visits (1999) 485,428

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HMOs and HMO Membership
  Number Membership
Total HMOs (1998) 47 436,219
Traditional HMOs (1998) 0 0
IPA HMOs (1998) 33 224,011
Other HMOs (1998) 14 212,208

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Demographics
  Number Percent
Total Population (1999) 1,127,068 100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999) 935,244 83.0
Hispanic Whites (1999) 66,292 5.9
Blacks (1999) 100,827 8.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999) 2,561 0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999) 22,144 2.0
Total Hispanics (1999) 73,865 6.6

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Income, Education and Employment
Avg per capita income (1998) 32,365
Avg median household income (1997) 46,650
Persons in poverty (1997) 101,162
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999) 3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990) 8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990) 25

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