HSA# 95 - ANDROSCOGGIN (LEWISTON), ME-OXFORD, 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 202.7 54.3 76.6 17.0
Whites 203.1 54.5 76.6 17.1
Blacks 153.6* 0.0* 153.6* 0.0*
Males 265.5 53.6 104.3 19.8
Females 155.6 53.6 55.5 15.4
White Males 265.8 53.7 104.1 19.9
White Females 156.1 53.8 55.7 15.4
Black Males 347.6* 0.0* 347.6* 0.0*
Black Females 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 0.0*

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Health-Care Providers
  Number
Total MDs (1999) 321
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999) 282
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999) 39
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999) 108
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999) 14
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999) 5
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998) 24
Registered Nurses (1990) 1,383
Registered Dieticians (1990) 95

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Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization
  Number
Hospitals (1999) 5
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999) 2
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999) 0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999) 2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999) 5
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999) 0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999) 4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999) 4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999) 2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999) 4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999) 3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999) 4
Total admissions (1999) 19,128
Total beds (1999) 414
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999) 10
Inpatient days (1999) 95,234
Outpatient visits (1999) 441,827
Emergency Department visits (1999) 84,692

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HMOs and HMO Membership
  Number Membership
Total HMOs (1998) 16 48,064
Traditional HMOs (1998) 2 45
IPA HMOs (1998) 11 43,724
Other HMOs (1998) 3 4,295

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Demographics
  Number Percent
Total Population (1999) 184,422 100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999) 180,899 98.1
Hispanic Whites (1999) 1,289 0.7
Blacks (1999) 732 0.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999) 423 0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999) 1,079 0.6
Total Hispanics (1999) 1,482 0.8

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Income, Education and Employment
Avg per capita income (1998) 21,240
Avg median household income (1997) 32,645
Persons in poverty (1997) 21,038
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999) 5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990) 12
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990) 13

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