HSA# 222 - BULLOCH, GA-EMANUEL, 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 183.5 92.7 73.3 33.9
Whites 189.7 86.4 79.2 35.0
Blacks 169.1 113.7 57.5 32.5
Males 238.5 101.8 97.7 49.0
Females 144.0 85.1 54.1 27.3
White Males 247.2 91.3 105.2 42.6
White Females 147.8 82.7 57.2 32.6
Black Males 221.6 138.1 76.4* 67.0*
Black Females 133.5 95.8 45.1* 14.3*

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Health-Care Providers
  Number
Total MDs (1999) 98
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999) 91
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999) 7
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999) 41
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999) 9
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999) 1
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998) 5
Registered Nurses (1990) 323
Registered Dieticians (1990) 60

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Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization
  Number
Hospitals (1999) 4
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999) 1
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999) 1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999) 0
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999) 4
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999) 0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999) 2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999) 2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999) 2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999) 3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999) 2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999) 1
Total admissions (1999) 10,327
Total beds (1999) 321
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999) 0
Inpatient days (1999) 63,593
Outpatient visits (1999) 122,197
Emergency Department visits (1999) 41,928

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HMOs and HMO Membership
  Number Membership
Total HMOs (1998) 10 1,701
Traditional HMOs (1998) 0 0
IPA HMOs (1998) 7 1,687
Other HMOs (1998) 3 14

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Demographics
  Number Percent
Total Population (1999) 95,235 100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999) 58,923 61.9
Hispanic Whites (1999) 1,079 1.1
Blacks (1999) 34,546 36.3
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999) 136 0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999) 551 0.6
Total Hispanics (1999) 1,281 1.3

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Income, Education and Employment
Avg per capita income (1998) 18,049
Avg median household income (1997) 27,703
Persons in poverty (1997) 20,717
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999) 5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990) 18
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990) 15

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