HSA# 178 - THOMAS, GA-GRADY, 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 188.8 100.3 124.9 33.7
Whites 189.8 100.6 120.6 35.0
Blacks 187.4 102.6 133.8 31.8
Males 254.7 108.8 168.0 23.2
Females 138.5 93.8 92.3 39.0
White Males 262.5 104.4 162.3 23.4*
White Females 132.2 98.9 87.3 39.5
Black Males 237.8 128.2 180.9 23.6*
Black Females 151.7 85.8 101.6 36.9*

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Health-Care Providers
  Number
Total MDs (1999) 148
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999) 133
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999) 15
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999) 40
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999) 10
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999) 2
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998) 3
Registered Nurses (1990) 495
Registered Dieticians (1990) 24

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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) 3
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999) 0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999) 3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999) 3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999) 2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999) 3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999) 3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999) 2
Total admissions (1999) 11,860
Total beds (1999) 556
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999) 6
Inpatient days (1999) 146,250
Outpatient visits (1999) 201,780
Emergency Department visits (1999) 38,976

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HMOs and HMO Membership
  Number Membership
Total HMOs (1998) 1 1
Traditional HMOs (1998) 0 0
IPA HMOs (1998) 0 0
Other HMOs (1998) 1 1

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Demographics
  Number Percent
Total Population (1999) 85,715 100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999) 46,045 53.7
Hispanic Whites (1999) 1,220 1.4
Blacks (1999) 37,942 44.3
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999) 285 0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999) 223 0.3
Total Hispanics (1999) 1,519 1.8

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Income, Education and Employment
Avg per capita income (1998) 19,788
Avg median household income (1997) 26,427
Persons in poverty (1997) 19,355
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999) 7
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990) 19
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990) 11

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