HSA# 175 - DALLAS, AL-MARENGO, AL

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 179.5 93.9 115.9 35.8
Whites 151.3 65.4 98.3 34.7
Blacks 210.1 123.0 135.8 37.2
Males 242.1 95.5 160.4 36.9
Females 139.5 89.9 87.3 33.9
White Males 199.3 76.6 131.8 34.0*
White Females 117.5 58.9 75.9 33.0
Black Males 290.7 122.4 197.5 39.9
Black Females 162.2 119.1 98.5 35.1

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Health-Care Providers
  Number
Total MDs (1999) 108
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999) 87
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999) 21
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999) 46
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999) 7
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999) 4
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998) 7
Registered Nurses (1990) 461
Registered Dieticians (1990) 45

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Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization
  Number
Hospitals (1999) 4
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999) 0
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999) 1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999) 2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999) 4
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999) 0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999) 1
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999) 2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999) 1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999) 3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999) 2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999) 1
Total admissions (1999) 14,739
Total beds (1999) 373
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999) 0
Inpatient days (1999) 65,285
Outpatient visits (1999) 128,321
Emergency Department visits (1999) 46,991

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HMOs and HMO Membership
  Number Membership
Total HMOs (1998) 8 1,949
Traditional HMOs (1998) 0 0
IPA HMOs (1998) 7 1,695
Other HMOs (1998) 1 254

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Demographics
  Number Percent
Total Population (1999) 95,851 100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999) 37,524 39.1
Hispanic Whites (1999) 222 0.2
Blacks (1999) 57,870 60.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999) 53 0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999) 182 0.2
Total Hispanics (1999) 371 0.4

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Income, Education and Employment
Avg per capita income (1998) 16,974
Avg median household income (1997) 22,416
Persons in poverty (1997) 28,899
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999) 10
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990) 19
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990) 12

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