HSA# 488 - WASHINGTON, MS-SHARKEY, MS

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 320.7 101.8 136.0 31.9
Whites 292.5 79.1 134.3 26.6
Blacks 354.6 127.8 139.0 38.2
Males 418.8 122.9 173.7 37.9
Females 254.2 86.0 112.4 26.4
White Males 408.0 77.9 178.5 28.4*
White Females 206.0 79.8 102.0 23.5*
Black Males 429.5 178.8 165.5 49.6*
Black Females 307.8 93.9 124.9 30.1

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Health-Care Providers
  Number
Total MDs (1999) 89
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999) 81
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999) 8
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999) 30
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999) 6
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999) 4
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998) 3
Registered Nurses (1990) 374
Registered Dieticians (1990) 30

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Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization
  Number
Hospitals (1999) 3
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999) 2
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999) 0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999) 1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999) 2
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999) 1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999) 2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999) 0
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999) 0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999) 0
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999) 1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999) 1
Total admissions (1999) 9,506
Total beds (1999) 292
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999) 2
Inpatient days (1999) 59,401
Outpatient visits (1999) 86,236
Emergency Department visits (1999) 47,877

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HMOs and HMO Membership
  Number Membership
Total HMOs (1998) 3 3,681
Traditional HMOs (1998) 0 0
IPA HMOs (1998) 0 0
Other HMOs (1998) 3 3,681

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Demographics
  Number Percent
Total Population (1999) 72,443 100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999) 27,656 38.2
Hispanic Whites (1999) 298 0.4
Blacks (1999) 44,022 60.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999) 78 0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999) 389 0.5
Total Hispanics (1999) 472 0.7

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Income, Education and Employment
Avg per capita income (1998) 17,287
Avg median household income (1997) 23,284
Persons in poverty (1997) 19,996
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999) 10
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990) 21
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990) 14

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