HSA# 368 - FAIRFIELD (LANCASTER), OH-ATHENS, OH

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 211.7 63.4 98.8 16.9
Whites 211.8 62.9 98.9 16.9
Blacks 209.8* 155.6* 104.8* 30.4*
Males 282.6 67.1 136.0 13.4
Females 161.0 60.7 70.1 19.0
White Males 282.4 66.5 136.1 13.5
White Females 161.6 60.4 70.5 18.9
Black Males 248.2* 163.6* 157.8* 0.0*
Black Females 156.1* 163.3* 52.0* 57.4*

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Health-Care Providers
  Number
Total MDs (1999) 184
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999) 171
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999) 13
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999) 74
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999) 10
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999) 2
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998) 66
Registered Nurses (1990) 1,419
Registered Dieticians (1990) 73

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Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization
  Number
Hospitals (1999) 4
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999) 1
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999) 0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999) 1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999) 4
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999) 0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999) 2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999) 3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999) 1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999) 4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999) 2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999) 2
Total admissions (1999) 15,834
Total beds (1999) 428
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999) 0
Inpatient days (1999) 74,546
Outpatient visits (1999) 368,268
Emergency Department visits (1999) 91,857

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HMOs and HMO Membership
  Number Membership
Total HMOs (1998) 22 33,413
Traditional HMOs (1998) 0 0
IPA HMOs (1998) 15 23,440
Other HMOs (1998) 7 9,973

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Demographics
  Number Percent
Total Population (1999) 229,854 100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999) 221,497 96.4
Hispanic Whites (1999) 1,425 0.6
Blacks (1999) 3,855 1.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999) 525 0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999) 2,552 1.1
Total Hispanics (1999) 1,579 0.7

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Income, Education and Employment
Avg per capita income (1998) 21,917
Avg median household income (1997) 36,304
Persons in poverty (1997) 24,910
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999) 4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990) 8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990) 16

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