HSA# 272 - JEFFERSON (LOUISVILLE), KY-SHELBY, KY

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 201.2 65.6 88.6 25.6
Whites 198.8 63.9 87.2 24.8
Blacks 226.0 78.7 101.5 33.2
Males 268.6 72.0 125.5 30.5
Females 156.1 62.3 65.3 22.8
White Males 266.6 70.3 124.9 30.2
White Females 153.1 60.8 63.6 21.9
Black Males 296.1 88.2 136.0 35.6
Black Females 182.3 73.3 80.5 30.5

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Health-Care Providers
  Number
Total MDs (1999) 2,586
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999) 2,019
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999) 567
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999) 635
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999) 121
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999) 79
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998) 9
Registered Nurses (1990) 7,098
Registered Dieticians (1990) 285

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Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization
  Number
Hospitals (1999) 14
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999) 8
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999) 6
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999) 8
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999) 13
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999) 5
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999) 10
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999) 11
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999) 5
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999) 12
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999) 9
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999) 7
Total admissions (1999) 149,314
Total beds (1999) 3,174
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999) 87
Inpatient days (1999) 836,978
Outpatient visits (1999) 1691730
Emergency Department visits (1999) 442,200

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HMOs and HMO Membership
  Number Membership
Total HMOs (1998) 67 238,017
Traditional HMOs (1998) 0 0
IPA HMOs (1998) 27 66,087
Other HMOs (1998) 40 171,930

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Demographics
  Number Percent
Total Population (1999) 900,830 100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999) 754,232 83.7
Hispanic Whites (1999) 6,788 0.8
Blacks (1999) 130,666 14.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999) 1,250 0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999) 7,894 0.9
Total Hispanics (1999) 8,045 0.9

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Income, Education and Employment
Avg per capita income (1998) 27,802
Avg median household income (1997) 39,107
Persons in poverty (1997) 105,839
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999) 4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990) 11
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990) 17

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