HSA# 711 - MESA, CO-GARFIELD, CO

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 150.1 54.2 40.2 21.3
Whites 150.0 54.7 40.3 21.0
Blacks 44.2* 0.0* 44.2* 0.0*
Males 188.7 39.7 48.2 21.0
Females 116.9 62.8 32.8 21.7
White Males 188.3 40.1 48.0 21.2
White Females 117.0 63.4 33.1 21.2
Black Males 72.0* 0.0* 72.0* 0.0*
Black Females 0.0* 0.0* 0.0* 0.0*

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Health-Care Providers
  Number
Total MDs (1999) 473
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999) 430
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999) 43
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999) 163
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999) 19
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999) 8
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998) 30
Registered Nurses (1990) 1,172
Registered Dieticians (1990) 58

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Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization
  Number
Hospitals (1999) 10
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999) 2
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999) 1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999) 1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999) 8
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999) 1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999) 3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999) 5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999) 4
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999) 5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999) 6
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999) 4
Total admissions (1999) 25,383
Total beds (1999) 1,062
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999) 9
Inpatient days (1999) 168,370
Outpatient visits (1999) 892,935
Emergency Department visits (1999) 129,756

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HMOs and HMO Membership
  Number Membership
Total HMOs (1998) 9 53,527
Traditional HMOs (1998) 1 11
IPA HMOs (1998) 5 53,502
Other HMOs (1998) 3 14

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Demographics
  Number Percent
Total Population (1999) 218,496 100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999) 193,204 88.4
Hispanic Whites (1999) 20,807 9.5
Blacks (1999) 878 0.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999) 1,749 0.8
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999) 1,858 0.9
Total Hispanics (1999) 21,585 9.9

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Income, Education and Employment
Avg per capita income (1998) 27,211
Avg median household income (1997) 38,743
Persons in poverty (1997) 22,425
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999) 3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990) 6
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990) 23

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