HSA# 256 - WILKES, 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 204.3 88.1 87.3 14.8
Whites 202.5 84.7 89.0 15.6
Blacks 219.5 156.5* 43.6* 0.0*
Males 312.7 87.4 128.8 6.7*
Females 126.0 88.4 59.2 18.2
White Males 311.8 83.4 133.0 7.1*
White Females 124.0 86.3 59.8 19.2
Black Males 315.0* 178.8* 20.7* 0.0*
Black Females 144.1* 126.7* 47.8* 0.0*

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Health-Care Providers
  Number
Total MDs (1999) 49
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999) 48
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999) 1
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999) 28
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999) 3
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999) 1
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998) 2
Registered Nurses (1990) 225
Registered Dieticians (1990) 14

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Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization
  Number
Hospitals (1999) 1
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999) 0
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999) 0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999) 0
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999) 0
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999) 0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999) 0
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999) 0
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999) 0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999) 0
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999) 0
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999) 0
Total admissions (1999) 5,710
Total beds (1999) 130
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999) 0
Inpatient days (1999) 26,858
Outpatient visits (1999) 92,731
Emergency Department visits (1999) 24,555

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HMOs and HMO Membership
  Number Membership
Total HMOs (1998) 5 5,540
Traditional HMOs (1998) 0 0
IPA HMOs (1998) 5 5,540
Other HMOs (1998) 0 0

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Demographics
  Number Percent
Total Population (1999) 63,640 100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999) 59,311 93.2
Hispanic Whites (1999) 801 1.3
Blacks (1999) 3,242 5.1
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999) 97 0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999) 189 0.3
Total Hispanics (1999) 845 1.3

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Income, Education and Employment
Avg per capita income (1998) 22,014
Avg median household income (1997) 30,700
Persons in poverty (1997) 8,366
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999) 3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990) 23
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990) 9

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