HSA# 547 - CASS (FARGO), ND-WILKIN, MN

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 165.4 65.5 78.9 20.5
Whites 165.2 65.6 79.2 20.5
Blacks 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 36.6*
Males 231.3 69.0 110.3 21.2
Females 115.5 64.1 54.2 20.2
White Males 232.3 68.7 111.2 21.4
White Females 114.5 64.5 53.9 19.8
Black Males 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 0.0*
Black Females 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 102.7*

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Health-Care Providers
  Number
Total MDs (1999) 544
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999) 462
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999) 82
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999) 177
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999) 21
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999) 14
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998) 4
Registered Nurses (1990) 2,441
Registered Dieticians (1990) 92

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Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization
  Number
Hospitals (1999) 12
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999) 2
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999) 0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999) 0
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999) 6
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999) 0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999) 3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999) 3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999) 3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999) 4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999) 5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999) 1
Total admissions (1999) 33,447
Total beds (1999) 1,386
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999) 17
Inpatient days (1999) 330,705
Outpatient visits (1999) 675,829
Emergency Department visits (1999) 125,413

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HMOs and HMO Membership
  Number Membership
Total HMOs (1998) 28 16,709
Traditional HMOs (1998) 0 0
IPA HMOs (1998) 13 11,579
Other HMOs (1998) 15 5,130

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Demographics
  Number Percent
Total Population (1999) 273,096 100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999) 259,623 95.1
Hispanic Whites (1999) 3,680 1.3
Blacks (1999) 812 0.3
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999) 6,201 2.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999) 2,780 1.0
Total Hispanics (1999) 4,015 1.5

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Income, Education and Employment
Avg per capita income (1998) 23,477
Avg median household income (1997) 36,100
Persons in poverty (1997) 29,775
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999) 3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990) 11
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990) 20

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