HSA# 349 - ELKHART (ELKHART), IN-KOSCIUSKO, IN

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 183.3 78.2 89.2 23.8
Whites 182.0 77.2 88.5 24.1
Blacks 269.2 158.8* 133.1* 8.3*
Males 237.1 82.1 125.8 29.1
Females 143.2 74.7 62.5 21.2
White Males 238.9 81.6 126.1 29.5
White Females 140.0 73.7 61.2 21.5
Black Males 194.2* 149.3* 120.8* 19.3*
Black Females 323.3* 174.1* 135.6* 0.0*

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Health-Care Providers
  Number
Total MDs (1999) 246
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999) 221
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999) 25
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999) 93
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999) 16
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999) 5
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998) 13
Registered Nurses (1990) 1,129
Registered Dieticians (1990) 59

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Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization
  Number
Hospitals (1999) 3
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999) 1
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) 1
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) 3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999) 3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999) 1
Total admissions (1999) 21,708
Total beds (1999) 494
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999) 12
Inpatient days (1999) 96,663
Outpatient visits (1999) 416,426
Emergency Department visits (1999) 84,953

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HMOs and HMO Membership
  Number Membership
Total HMOs (1998) 10 23,934
Traditional HMOs (1998) 0 0
IPA HMOs (1998) 3 19,691
Other HMOs (1998) 7 4,243

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Demographics
  Number Percent
Total Population (1999) 246,016 100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999) 226,751 92.2
Hispanic Whites (1999) 6,830 2.8
Blacks (1999) 9,540 3.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999) 701 0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999) 2,194 0.9
Total Hispanics (1999) 7,188 2.9

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Income, Education and Employment
Avg per capita income (1998) 25,390
Avg median household income (1997) 40,812
Persons in poverty (1997) 19,455
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999) 2
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990) 9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990) 14

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