HSA# 164 - CLARKE (ATHENS), GA-BARROW, GA

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 197.9 71.4 80.0 24.5
Whites 199.0 66.3 81.6 25.5
Blacks 194.8 93.9 72.8 20.6
Males 252.9 79.7 113.5 26.5
Females 156.5 65.2 55.8 22.7
White Males 261.5 72.1 117.4 26.9
White Females 152.6 61.9 56.0 23.8
Black Males 222.9 114.1 96.4 25.8*
Black Females 171.7 81.0 55.4 17.7*

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Health-Care Providers
  Number
Total MDs (1999) 371
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999) 351
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999) 20
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999) 121
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999) 28
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999) 12
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998) 5
Registered Nurses (1990) 1,165
Registered Dieticians (1990) 72

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Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization
  Number
Hospitals (1999) 6
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999) 2
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999) 1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999) 2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999) 6
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999) 1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999) 3
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) 3
Total admissions (1999) 26,663
Total beds (1999) 992
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999) 24
Inpatient days (1999) 233,566
Outpatient visits (1999) 327,054
Emergency Department visits (1999) 111,722

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HMOs and HMO Membership
  Number Membership
Total HMOs (1998) 51 25,610
Traditional HMOs (1998) 0 0
IPA HMOs (1998) 39 20,279
Other HMOs (1998) 12 5,331

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Demographics
  Number Percent
Total Population (1999) 262,415 100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999) 190,422 72.6
Hispanic Whites (1999) 4,761 1.8
Blacks (1999) 61,792 23.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999) 532 0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999) 4,908 1.9
Total Hispanics (1999) 5,458 2.1

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Income, Education and Employment
Avg per capita income (1998) 22,167
Avg median household income (1997) 34,184
Persons in poverty (1997) 39,428
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999) 3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990) 15
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990) 21

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