HSA# 433 - VICTORIA (VICTORIA), TX-LAVACA, TX

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 247.3 64.9 132.4 21.0
Whites 247.5 64.3 131.9 21.7
Blacks 253.3 82.1 143.7 15.2*
Males 319.4 67.2 176.9 27.1
Females 194.2 63.8 98.6 17.3
White Males 327.3 66.1 179.8 28.6
White Females 190.1 63.3 96.6 17.4
Black Males 245.9 88.6* 156.9 13.1*
Black Females 248.4 79.8* 126.5 17.5*

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Health-Care Providers
  Number
Total MDs (1999) 239
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999) 229
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999) 10
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999) 97
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999) 14
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999) 6
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998) 6
Registered Nurses (1990) 744
Registered Dieticians (1990) 37

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Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization
  Number
Hospitals (1999) 9
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) 9
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999) 1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999) 3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999) 6
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999) 2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999) 5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999) 8
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999) 5
Total admissions (1999) 27,279
Total beds (1999) 837
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999) 21
Inpatient days (1999) 122,744
Outpatient visits (1999) 482,034
Emergency Department visits (1999) 86,733

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HMOs and HMO Membership
  Number Membership
Total HMOs (1998) 23 3,247
Traditional HMOs (1998) 3 10
IPA HMOs (1998) 14 2,305
Other HMOs (1998) 4 888

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Demographics
  Number Percent
Total Population (1999) 169,208 100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999) 94,811 56.0
Hispanic Whites (1999) 59,240 35.0
Blacks (1999) 13,290 7.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999) 531 0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999) 1,336 0.8
Total Hispanics (1999) 61,145 36.1

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Income, Education and Employment
Avg per capita income (1998) 21,994
Avg median household income (1997) 32,360
Persons in poverty (1997) 28,537
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999) 4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990) 19
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990) 12

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