HSA# 143 - CHATHAM (SAVANNAH), GA-BEAUFORT, SC

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 186.7 63.0 76.4 18.0
Whites 182.4 57.0 71.3 19.2
Blacks 207.4 80.6 92.1 16.8
Males 235.8 63.1 99.4 19.4
Females 149.8 61.4 56.7 16.9
White Males 241.8 55.1 95.5 22.4
White Females 140.6 57.4 50.0 17.1
Black Males 246.0 90.5 113.9 15.3
Black Females 177.6 72.4 74.9 17.3

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Health-Care Providers
  Number
Total MDs (1999) 982
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999) 815
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999) 167
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999) 247
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999) 83
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999) 33
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998) 14
Registered Nurses (1990) 3,000
Registered Dieticians (1990) 128

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Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization
  Number
Hospitals (1999) 12
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999) 3
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999) 4
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999) 4
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999) 11
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999) 2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999) 5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999) 8
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999) 4
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999) 9
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999) 3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999) 8
Total admissions (1999) 66,318
Total beds (1999) 1,662
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999) 27
Inpatient days (1999) 439,507
Outpatient visits (1999) 1183483
Emergency Department visits (1999) 248,669

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HMOs and HMO Membership
  Number Membership
Total HMOs (1998) 37 55,138
Traditional HMOs (1998) 0 0
IPA HMOs (1998) 27 51,543
Other HMOs (1998) 10 3,595

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Demographics
  Number Percent
Total Population (1999) 516,294 100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999) 302,182 58.5
Hispanic Whites (1999) 15,027 2.9
Blacks (1999) 188,828 36.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999) 1,399 0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999) 8,858 1.7
Total Hispanics (1999) 18,385 3.6

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Income, Education and Employment
Avg per capita income (1998) 24,512
Avg median household income (1997) 34,349
Persons in poverty (1997) 85,752
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999) 4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990) 10
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990) 17

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