HSA# 467 - LAFOURCHE, LA-TERREBONNE (HOUMA), LA

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 219.8 61.8 109.7 11.0
Whites 222.2 55.2 108.8 11.7
Blacks 221.6 95.1 120.4 8.6*
Males 288.4 67.6 156.5 14.5
Females 171.3 55.6 76.1 8.7
White Males 294.2 57.7 159.2 15.3
White Females 172.1 50.7 74.2 9.1
Black Males 277.6 120.5 143.2 12.6*
Black Females 183.3 78.8 98.6 7.4*

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Health-Care Providers
  Number
Total MDs (1999) 258
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999) 238
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999) 20
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999) 82
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999) 22
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999) 14
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998) 0
Registered Nurses (1990) 856
Registered Dieticians (1990) 65

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Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization
  Number
Hospitals (1999) 5
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999) 1
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999) 2
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999) 3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999) 5
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999) 2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999) 1
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999) 2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999) 3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999) 2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999) 3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999) 3
Total admissions (1999) 28,736
Total beds (1999) 649
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999) 16
Inpatient days (1999) 120,166
Outpatient visits (1999) 404,698
Emergency Department visits (1999) 126,206

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HMOs and HMO Membership
  Number Membership
Total HMOs (1998) 12 11,977
Traditional HMOs (1998) 0 0
IPA HMOs (1998) 6 1,699
Other HMOs (1998) 6 10,278

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Demographics
  Number Percent
Total Population (1999) 217,833 100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999) 165,087 75.8
Hispanic Whites (1999) 3,442 1.6
Blacks (1999) 40,156 18.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999) 7,094 3.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999) 2,054 0.9
Total Hispanics (1999) 4,061 1.9

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Income, Education and Employment
Avg per capita income (1998) 20,646
Avg median household income (1997) 31,989
Persons in poverty (1997) 35,036
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999) 5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990) 25
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990) 9

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