HSA# 283 - GALLIA, OH-MASON, WV

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 287.1 65.1 122.4 18.1
Whites 287.8 65.8 123.2 17.9
Blacks 334.3* 34.5* 123.0* 35.7*
Males 366.3 68.8 160.7 26.5
Females 226.6 62.9 91.4 13.2
White Males 367.6 69.4 162.9 27.1
White Females 227.1 63.7 91.2 12.6
Black Males 426.2* 36.9* 86.6* 0.0*
Black Females 293.7* 32.3* 140.6* 63.3*

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Health-Care Providers
  Number
Total MDs (1999) 127
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999) 115
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999) 12
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999) 52
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999) 8
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999) 4
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998) 19
Registered Nurses (1990) 662
Registered Dieticians (1990) 67

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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) 0
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) 4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999) 2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999) 3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999) 4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999) 2
Total admissions (1999) 12,317
Total beds (1999) 478
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999) 0
Inpatient days (1999) 104,935
Outpatient visits (1999) 198,714
Emergency Department visits (1999) 52,509

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HMOs and HMO Membership
  Number Membership
Total HMOs (1998) 11 1,147
Traditional HMOs (1998) 0 0
IPA HMOs (1998) 5 882
Other HMOs (1998) 6 265

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Demographics
  Number Percent
Total Population (1999) 115,938 100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999) 113,107 97.6
Hispanic Whites (1999) 444 0.4
Blacks (1999) 1,715 1.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999) 248 0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999) 424 0.4
Total Hispanics (1999) 514 0.4

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Income, Education and Employment
Avg per capita income (1998) 17,338
Avg median household income (1997) 27,617
Persons in poverty (1997) 20,865
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999) 10
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990) 17
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990) 8

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