HSA# 421 - SEBASTIAN (FORT SMITH), AR-CRAWFORD, AR

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 269.2 65.7 153.5 39.2
Whites 275.3 66.9 157.0 40.3
Blacks 364.6 80.8* 226.1 61.9*
Males 350.7 65.7 213.1 37.1
Females 205.6 64.2 108.3 39.4
White Males 358.9 67.6 220.1 38.8
White Females 210.2 65.1 109.7 40.1
Black Males 429.3 90.4* 230.8* 33.6*
Black Females 323.7 67.6* 217.1 76.8*

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Health-Care Providers
  Number
Total MDs (1999) 414
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999) 375
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999) 39
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999) 145
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999) 21
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999) 16
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998) 45
Registered Nurses (1990) 1,817
Registered Dieticians (1990) 79

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Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization
  Number
Hospitals (1999) 10
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) 6
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999) 2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999) 5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999) 5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999) 3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999) 6
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999) 4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999) 1
Total admissions (1999) 43,409
Total beds (1999) 1,170
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999) 17
Inpatient days (1999) 253,372
Outpatient visits (1999) 352,379
Emergency Department visits (1999) 148,531

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HMOs and HMO Membership
  Number Membership
Total HMOs (1998) 36 14,600
Traditional HMOs (1998) 4 13
IPA HMOs (1998) 21 14,005
Other HMOs (1998) 11 582

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Demographics
  Number Percent
Total Population (1999) 302,317 100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999) 262,780 86.9
Hispanic Whites (1999) 6,388 2.1
Blacks (1999) 10,394 3.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999) 16,849 5.6
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999) 5,906 2.0
Total Hispanics (1999) 7,333 2.4

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Income, Education and Employment
Avg per capita income (1998) 19,932
Avg median household income (1997) 28,882
Persons in poverty (1997) 53,179
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999) 4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990) 16
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990) 10

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