HSA# 359 - HOUGHTON, MI-BARAGA, 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 319.1 92.4 141.1 9.8*
Whites 311.9 91.3 139.2 9.8*
Blacks 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 0.0*
Males 400.9 77.7 168.1 14.7*
Females 250.6 99.1 115.3 7.8*
White Males 393.2 78.6 168.2 14.8*
White Females 244.0 96.2 111.3 7.8*
Black Males 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 0.0*
Black Females 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 0.0*

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Health-Care Providers
  Number
Total MDs (1999) 54
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999) 44
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999) 10
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999) 25
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999) 2
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999) 0
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998) 6
Registered Nurses (1990) 269
Registered Dieticians (1990) 17

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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) 0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999) 0
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999) 3
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) 1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999) 3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999) 1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999) 1
Total admissions (1999) 4,228
Total beds (1999) 175
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999) 2
Inpatient days (1999) 37,528
Outpatient visits (1999) 120,204
Emergency Department visits (1999) 14,031

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HMOs and HMO Membership
  Number Membership
Total HMOs (1998) 0 0
Traditional HMOs (1998) 0 0
IPA HMOs (1998) 0 0
Other HMOs (1998) 0 0

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Demographics
  Number Percent
Total Population (1999) 46,262 100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999) 43,420 93.9
Hispanic Whites (1999) 261 0.6
Blacks (1999) 618 1.3
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999) 1,079 2.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999) 884 1.9
Total Hispanics (1999) 295 0.6

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Income, Education and Employment
Avg per capita income (1998) 18,499
Avg median household income (1997) 28,251
Persons in poverty (1997) 6,336
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999) 5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990) 13
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990) 16

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