HSA# 258 - CHEROKEE, NC-CLAY, 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 199.3 56.1 119.5 26.7
Whites 195.3 56.9 117.5 25.8
Blacks 418.5* 40.8* 278.4* 84.6*
Males 236.4 46.2 137.2 31.0*
Females 165.9 62.7 102.6 24.0*
White Males 235.0 47.5 136.5 30.1*
White Females 159.9 63.3 99.7 23.2*
Black Males 244.3* 0.0* 97.5* 224.2*
Black Females 510.2* 67.4* 367.7* 0.0*

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Health-Care Providers
  Number
Total MDs (1999) 42
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999) 37
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999) 5
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999) 22
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999) 3
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999) 0
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998) 2
Registered Nurses (1990) 98
Registered Dieticians (1990) 0

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Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization
  Number
Hospitals (1999) 2
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) 2
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999) 0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999) 1
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999) 2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999) 2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999) 2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999) 0
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999) 0
Total admissions (1999) 3,891
Total beds (1999) 210
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999) 0
Inpatient days (1999) 63,933
Outpatient visits (1999) 47,161
Emergency Department visits (1999) 15,871

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HMOs and HMO Membership
  Number Membership
Total HMOs (1998) 5 1
Traditional HMOs (1998) 0 0
IPA HMOs (1998) 4 0
Other HMOs (1998) 1 1

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Demographics
  Number Percent
Total Population (1999) 31,918 100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999) 30,226 94.7
Hispanic Whites (1999) 436 1.4
Blacks (1999) 587 1.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999) 570 1.8
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999) 99 0.3
Total Hispanics (1999) 453 1.4

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Income, Education and Employment
Avg per capita income (1998) 17,850
Avg median household income (1997) 25,848
Persons in poverty (1997) 5,216
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999) 6
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990) 19
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990) 9

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