HSA# 129 - LAWRENCE, PA

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 243.0 47.9 107.9 17.2
Whites 243.7 47.5 108.4 17.4
Blacks 238.0* 72.7* 93.4* 11.9*
Males 298.8 52.5 135.3 17.9
Females 198.7 43.9 84.8 17.0
White Males 301.6 51.6 137.6 18.2
White Females 197.7 43.9 83.9 17.1
Black Males 159.7* 89.5* 29.7* 0.0*
Black Females 261.7* 58.1* 114.3* 18.7*

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Health-Care Providers
  Number
Total MDs (1999) 107
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999) 90
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999) 17
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999) 39
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999) 7
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999) 3
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998) 9
Registered Nurses (1990) 1,028
Registered Dieticians (1990) 29

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Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization
  Number
Hospitals (1999) 3
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999) 1
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999) 0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999) 1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999) 2
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999) 0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999) 2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999) 2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999) 2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999) 2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999) 2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999) 2
Total admissions (1999) 14,854
Total beds (1999) 482
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999) 15
Inpatient days (1999) 96,471
Outpatient visits (1999) 376,872
Emergency Department visits (1999) 63,501

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HMOs and HMO Membership
  Number Membership
Total HMOs (1998) 4 39,047
Traditional HMOs (1998) 0 0
IPA HMOs (1998) 2 34,743
Other HMOs (1998) 2 4,304

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Demographics
  Number Percent
Total Population (1999) 94,508 100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999) 90,185 95.4
Hispanic Whites (1999) 438 0.5
Blacks (1999) 3,414 3.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999) 71 0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999) 400 0.4
Total Hispanics (1999) 516 0.5

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Income, Education and Employment
Avg per capita income (1998) 21,223
Avg median household income (1997) 30,367
Persons in poverty (1997) 13,139
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999) 6
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990) 10
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990) 12

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