HSA# 286 - RAMSEY (ST. PAUL), MN-POLK, WI

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 135.1 62.9 47.2 19.6
Whites 135.5 62.2 47.4 19.8
Blacks 142.7 65.9 48.0* 13.7*
Males 190.8 66.3 65.3 20.9
Females 97.6 60.3 35.5 18.8
White Males 190.9 65.9 65.1 21.1
White Females 98.0 59.5 35.9 19.0
Black Males 193.2 62.4* 78.1* 13.9*
Black Females 112.8 65.9* 31.2* 12.6*

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Health-Care Providers
  Number
Total MDs (1999) 2,289
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999) 1,779
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999) 510
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999) 833
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999) 92
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999) 48
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998) 18
Registered Nurses (1990) 9,772
Registered Dieticians (1990) 326

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Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization
  Number
Hospitals (1999) 12
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999) 4
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999) 2
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999) 2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999) 8
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999) 1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999) 6
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999) 3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999) 3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999) 3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999) 4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999) 8
Total admissions (1999) 92,897
Total beds (1999) 1,906
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999) 3
Inpatient days (1999) 462,985
Outpatient visits (1999) 1164310
Emergency Department visits (1999) 218,770

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HMOs and HMO Membership
  Number Membership
Total HMOs (1998) 31 429,466
Traditional HMOs (1998) 2 722
IPA HMOs (1998) 11 221,920
Other HMOs (1998) 18 206,824

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Demographics
  Number Percent
Total Population (1999) 1,119,656 100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999) 986,199 88.1
Hispanic Whites (1999) 30,601 2.7
Blacks (1999) 43,591 3.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999) 7,787 0.7
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999) 51,478 4.6
Total Hispanics (1999) 35,063 3.1

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Income, Education and Employment
Avg per capita income (1998) 31,368
Avg median household income (1997) 50,640
Persons in poverty (1997) 84,654
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999) 2
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990) 5
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990) 27

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