HSA# 348 - KALAMAZOO (KALAMAZOO), MI-ST. JOSEPH, MI

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 189.0 54.8 81.3 34.4
Whites 187.1 53.2 79.6 34.6
Blacks 225.1 79.3 114.8 34.8*
Males 243.2 53.8 109.5 40.0
Females 151.6 55.2 62.1 32.2
White Males 241.5 51.8 107.9 39.5
White Females 149.2 54.0 60.1 32.7
Black Males 285.1 87.8* 145.6* 58.9*
Black Females 190.4 75.3* 94.4 23.2*

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Health-Care Providers
  Number
Total MDs (1999) 745
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999) 557
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999) 188
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999) 197
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999) 25
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999) 19
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998) 23
Registered Nurses (1990) 2,517
Registered Dieticians (1990) 94

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Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization
  Number
Hospitals (1999) 4
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999) 2
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999) 2
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999) 2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999) 3
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999) 2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999) 4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999) 4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999) 3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999) 4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999) 4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999) 4
Total admissions (1999) 36,824
Total beds (1999) 817
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999) 25
Inpatient days (1999) 175,532
Outpatient visits (1999) 964,307
Emergency Department visits (1999) 142,198

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HMOs and HMO Membership
  Number Membership
Total HMOs (1998) 6 55,064
Traditional HMOs (1998) 0 0
IPA HMOs (1998) 2 28,231
Other HMOs (1998) 4 26,833

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Demographics
  Number Percent
Total Population (1999) 291,315 100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999) 255,130 87.6
Hispanic Whites (1999) 5,253 1.8
Blacks (1999) 24,438 8.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999) 1,302 0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999) 5,192 1.8
Total Hispanics (1999) 6,052 2.1

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Income, Education and Employment
Avg per capita income (1998) 26,141
Avg median household income (1997) 40,518
Persons in poverty (1997) 31,069
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999) 3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990) 6
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990) 24

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