HSA# 147 - KNOX (KNOXVILLE), TN-BLOUNT, TN

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 234.8 65.3 95.2 7.5
Whites 235.9 64.9 96.1 7.6
Blacks 238.9 77.9 87.4 7.0*
Males 305.6 63.3 126.1 7.5
Females 182.4 65.0 71.8 7.3
White Males 308.1 62.9 126.7 7.7
White Females 182.4 64.8 72.5 7.4
Black Males 299.0 79.1 129.3 4.9*
Black Females 197.3 74.5 62.6 7.6*

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Health-Care Providers
  Number
Total MDs (1999) 1,654
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999) 1,408
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999) 246
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999) 476
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999) 95
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999) 57
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998) 19
Registered Nurses (1990) 4,320
Registered Dieticians (1990) 224

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Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization
  Number
Hospitals (1999) 11
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999) 6
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999) 5
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999) 5
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999) 8
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999) 4
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999) 5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999) 6
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999) 2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999) 5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999) 7
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999) 3
Total admissions (1999) 91,251
Total beds (1999) 2,345
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999) 57
Inpatient days (1999) 523,235
Outpatient visits (1999) 1553766
Emergency Department visits (1999) 319,031

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HMOs and HMO Membership
  Number Membership
Total HMOs (1998) 66 108,701
Traditional HMOs (1998) 0 0
IPA HMOs (1998) 39 92,199
Other HMOs (1998) 27 16,502

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Demographics
  Number Percent
Total Population (1999) 693,188 100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999) 632,925 91.3
Hispanic Whites (1999) 6,207 0.9
Blacks (1999) 44,982 6.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999) 1,768 0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999) 7,306 1.1
Total Hispanics (1999) 6,787 1.0

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Income, Education and Employment
Avg per capita income (1998) 23,808
Avg median household income (1997) 33,802
Persons in poverty (1997) 85,360
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999) 4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990) 16
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990) 18

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