HSA# 316 - DAVIESS (OWENSBORO), KY-OHIO, 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 213.1 76.1 93.5 36.0
Whites 212.5 74.2 92.7 36.1
Blacks 244.0 178.7* 140.1* 19.1*
Males 294.0 64.5 133.4 33.1
Females 156.6 80.8 65.0 35.7
White Males 291.8 64.2 130.8 33.8
White Females 156.3 77.8 64.7 35.5
Black Males 404.9* 91.3* 280.2* 0.0*
Black Females 182.3* 224.4* 90.4* 29.6*

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Health-Care Providers
  Number
Total MDs (1999) 194
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999) 182
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999) 12
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999) 62
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999) 8
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999) 7
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998) 4
Registered Nurses (1990) 958
Registered Dieticians (1990) 40

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Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization
  Number
Hospitals (1999) 3
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999) 2
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999) 1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999) 1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999) 3
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999) 1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999) 3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999) 3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999) 2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999) 3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999) 2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999) 3
Total admissions (1999) 19,657
Total beds (1999) 434
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999) 19
Inpatient days (1999) 80,853
Outpatient visits (1999) 330,209
Emergency Department visits (1999) 87,903

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HMOs and HMO Membership
  Number Membership
Total HMOs (1998) 16 8,851
Traditional HMOs (1998) 0 0
IPA HMOs (1998) 3 6,867
Other HMOs (1998) 13 1,984

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Demographics
  Number Percent
Total Population (1999) 151,272 100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999) 145,237 96.0
Hispanic Whites (1999) 746 0.5
Blacks (1999) 4,616 3.1
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999) 187 0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999) 486 0.3
Total Hispanics (1999) 807 0.5

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Income, Education and Employment
Avg per capita income (1998) 20,840
Avg median household income (1997) 33,070
Persons in poverty (1997) 20,515
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999) 6
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990) 16
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990) 11

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