HSA# 576 - SEDGWICK (WICHITA), KS-HARVEY, KS

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 164.8 59.8 67.8 28.2
Whites 164.4 57.4 67.9 27.9
Blacks 188.1 98.3 73.6 32.8
Males 220.9 65.8 92.1 28.4
Females 122.9 56.0 49.5 26.9
White Males 219.8 63.7 92.3 27.8
White Females 122.5 53.3 49.5 26.9
Black Males 264.1 113.1 100.8 36.0*
Black Females 141.1 94.4 56.9 27.9*

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Health-Care Providers
  Number
Total MDs (1999) 1,203
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999) 910
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999) 293
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999) 347
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999) 59
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999) 36
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998) 90
Registered Nurses (1990) 5,487
Registered Dieticians (1990) 208

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Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization
  Number
Hospitals (1999) 15
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999) 5
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999) 3
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999) 3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999) 13
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999) 3
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999) 5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999) 8
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999) 5
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999) 10
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999) 7
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999) 7
Total admissions (1999) 80,056
Total beds (1999) 2,443
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999) 62
Inpatient days (1999) 478,134
Outpatient visits (1999) 985,253
Emergency Department visits (1999) 211,182

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HMOs and HMO Membership
  Number Membership
Total HMOs (1998) 31 118,265
Traditional HMOs (1998) 0 0
IPA HMOs (1998) 7 60,989
Other HMOs (1998) 24 57,276

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Demographics
  Number Percent
Total Population (1999) 626,379 100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999) 525,547 83.9
Hispanic Whites (1999) 33,127 5.3
Blacks (1999) 46,235 7.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999) 6,944 1.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999) 14,526 2.3
Total Hispanics (1999) 37,205 5.9

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Income, Education and Employment
Avg per capita income (1998) 25,525
Avg median household income (1997) 40,545
Persons in poverty (1997) 67,525
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999) 3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990) 6
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990) 21

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