HSA# 192 - IREDELL (STATESVILLE), NC-ALEXANDER, NC

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 221.6 77.8 106.2 16.9
Whites 213.1 74.4 100.5 17.3
Blacks 293.8 102.5 151.3 13.5*
Males 294.2 87.1 142.3 15.8
Females 167.1 72.3 80.7 17.0
White Males 282.8 83.9 134.1 16.9*
White Females 160.3 70.1 76.7 17.2
Black Males 386.6 115.3 197.7 5.4*
Black Females 229.2 86.0 119.4 16.6*

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Health-Care Providers
  Number
Total MDs (1999) 212
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999) 199
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999) 13
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999) 76
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999) 18
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999) 5
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998) 2
Registered Nurses (1990) 925
Registered Dieticians (1990) 51

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Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization
  Number
Hospitals (1999) 4
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999) 2
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999) 0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999) 2
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) 1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999) 3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999) 1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999) 1
Total admissions (1999) 19,711
Total beds (1999) 478
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999) 12
Inpatient days (1999) 95,936
Outpatient visits (1999) 224,132
Emergency Department visits (1999) 73,368

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HMOs and HMO Membership
  Number Membership
Total HMOs (1998) 16 16,997
Traditional HMOs (1998) 0 0
IPA HMOs (1998) 12 15,986
Other HMOs (1998) 4 1,011

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Demographics
  Number Percent
Total Population (1999) 149,503 100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999) 124,972 83.6
Hispanic Whites (1999) 2,086 1.4
Blacks (1999) 21,176 14.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999) 358 0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999) 911 0.6
Total Hispanics (1999) 2,321 1.6

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Income, Education and Employment
Avg per capita income (1998) 23,722
Avg median household income (1997) 37,490
Persons in poverty (1997) 13,816
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999) 2
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990) 14
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990) 11

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