HSA# 242 - CRAVEN, NC-CARTERET, 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 222.2 66.3 69.6 10.5
Whites 229.3 60.2 70.6 11.3
Blacks 201.1 98.8 67.8 7.1*
Males 301.2 68.5 95.8 7.2*
Females 162.9 64.1 50.6 11.9
White Males 311.1 62.1 97.1 6.3*
White Females 166.5 59.1 50.4 13.4
Black Males 263.4 107.7 89.3 9.7*
Black Females 156.7 89.1 55.0 6.1*

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Health-Care Providers
  Number
Total MDs (1999) 404
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999) 372
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999) 32
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999) 136
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999) 40
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999) 12
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998) 14
Registered Nurses (1990) 1,492
Registered Dieticians (1990) 92

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Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization
  Number
Hospitals (1999) 5
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999) 2
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999) 1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999) 1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999) 3
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999) 1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999) 2
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) 33,013
Total beds (1999) 863
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999) 19
Inpatient days (1999) 221,325
Outpatient visits (1999) 672,863
Emergency Department visits (1999) 117,300

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HMOs and HMO Membership
  Number Membership
Total HMOs (1998) 16 7,646
Traditional HMOs (1998) 0 0
IPA HMOs (1998) 15 7,645
Other HMOs (1998) 1 1

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Demographics
  Number Percent
Total Population (1999) 313,536 100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999) 225,698 72.0
Hispanic Whites (1999) 15,958 5.1
Blacks (1999) 62,916 20.1
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999) 1,853 0.6
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999) 7,111 2.3
Total Hispanics (1999) 19,064 6.1

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Income, Education and Employment
Avg per capita income (1998) 22,647
Avg median household income (1997) 31,922
Persons in poverty (1997) 39,903
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999) 4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990) 8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990) 14

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