HSA# 697 - BUTTE (CHICO), CA-TEHAMA, CA

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 177.9 75.6 66.1 15.1
Whites 179.9 76.3 66.6 15.4
Blacks 140.9* 43.2* 41.9* 11.1*
Males 214.1 76.6 82.8 13.5
Females 144.0 74.2 51.7 15.7
White Males 216.6 77.7 83.2 13.9
White Females 145.2 74.6 52.1 16.0
Black Males 108.2* 0.0* 22.8* 0.0*
Black Females 161.2* 80.2* 59.5* 21.5*

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Health-Care Providers
  Number
Total MDs (1999) 408
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999) 389
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999) 19
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999) 144
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999) 20
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999) 10
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998) 11
Registered Nurses (1990) 1,686
Registered Dieticians (1990) 78

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Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization
  Number
Hospitals (1999) 6
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999) 3
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999) 1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999) 2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999) 4
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999) 1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999) 4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999) 4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999) 3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999) 3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999) 2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999) 2
Total admissions (1999) 28,415
Total beds (1999) 605
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999) 15
Inpatient days (1999) 134,437
Outpatient visits (1999) 681,415
Emergency Department visits (1999) 130,061

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HMOs and HMO Membership
  Number Membership
Total HMOs (1998) 21 37,286
Traditional HMOs (1998) 5 1,205
IPA HMOs (1998) 0 0
Other HMOs (1998) 16 36,081

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Demographics
  Number Percent
Total Population (1999) 275,560 100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999) 223,993 81.3
Hispanic Whites (1999) 32,957 12.0
Blacks (1999) 3,368 1.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999) 5,723 2.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999) 9,519 3.5
Total Hispanics (1999) 35,116 12.7

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Income, Education and Employment
Avg per capita income (1998) 19,825
Avg median household income (1997) 29,036
Persons in poverty (1997) 56,198
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999) 7
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990) 9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990) 17

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