HSA# 692 - CASCADE (GREAT FALLS), MT-GLACIER, MT

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 151.9 70.0 60.6 21.6
Whites 151.8 69.2 60.3 22.2
Blacks 269.4* 0.0* 0.0* 97.1*
Males 216.1 67.2 86.5 20.0
Females 101.3 71.3 39.3 22.1
White Males 214.2 67.5 85.1 20.0
White Females 102.0 69.2 39.7 23.2
Black Males 244.6* 0.0* 0.0* 244.6*
Black Females 258.5* 0.0* 0.0* 0.0*

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Health-Care Providers
  Number
Total MDs (1999) 195
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999) 182
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999) 13
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999) 55
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999) 9
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999) 4
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998) 6
Registered Nurses (1990) 947
Registered Dieticians (1990) 17

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Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization
  Number
Hospitals (1999) 7
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999) 1
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999) 0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999) 0
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999) 4
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999) 0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999) 2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999) 2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999) 0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999) 1
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999) 1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999) 2
Total admissions (1999) 15,660
Total beds (1999) 816
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999) 11
Inpatient days (1999) 207,635
Outpatient visits (1999) 297,566
Emergency Department visits (1999) 48,263

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HMOs and HMO Membership
  Number Membership
Total HMOs (1998) 1 6,027
Traditional HMOs (1998) 0 0
IPA HMOs (1998) 1 6,027
Other HMOs (1998) 0 0

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Demographics
  Number Percent
Total Population (1999) 115,549 100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999) 99,309 85.9
Hispanic Whites (1999) 1,480 1.3
Blacks (1999) 1,284 1.1
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999) 12,469 10.8
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999) 1,007 0.9
Total Hispanics (1999) 1,933 1.7

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Income, Education and Employment
Avg per capita income (1998) 22,044
Avg median household income (1997) 29,946
Persons in poverty (1997) 19,550
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999) 6
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990) 8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990) 18

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