HSA# 340 - DES MOINES, IA-HENRY, IA

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 207.1 68.9 73.4 8.7
Whites 208.5 68.3 74.1 8.9
Blacks 133.2* 110.7* 44.1* 0.0*
Males 273.2 73.3 104.2 7.6*
Females 153.2 63.6 49.0 8.7*
White Males 274.8 72.0 104.6 7.7*
White Females 154.5 63.8 49.8 8.8*
Black Males 135.0* 180.9* 93.8* 0.0*
Black Females 90.1* 79.5* 0.0* 0.0*

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Health-Care Providers
  Number
Total MDs (1999) 82
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999) 81
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999) 1
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999) 28
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999) 5
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999) 2
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998) 6
Registered Nurses (1990) 517
Registered Dieticians (1990) 119

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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) 1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999) 1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999) 2
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999) 0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999) 2
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) 1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999) 2
Total admissions (1999) 9,799
Total beds (1999) 465
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999) 0
Inpatient days (1999) 113,589
Outpatient visits (1999) 216,458
Emergency Department visits (1999) 31,695

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HMOs and HMO Membership
  Number Membership
Total HMOs (1998) 10 968
Traditional HMOs (1998) 0 0
IPA HMOs (1998) 4 403
Other HMOs (1998) 6 565

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Demographics
  Number Percent
Total Population (1999) 70,687 100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999) 67,015 94.8
Hispanic Whites (1999) 1,134 1.6
Blacks (1999) 1,737 2.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999) 168 0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999) 633 0.9
Total Hispanics (1999) 1,227 1.7

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Income, Education and Employment
Avg per capita income (1998) 23,266
Avg median household income (1997) 36,746
Persons in poverty (1997) 7,705
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999) 3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990) 9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990) 13

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