HSA# 153 - FULTON (ATLANTA), GA-DE KALB, GA
Age-Adjusted Mortality per 100,000 Population, 1996-98 | | CHD | Stroke | AMI | CHF |
| Overall | 183.0 | 65.7 | 60.9 | 23.2 |
| Whites | 167.8 | 57.1 | 60.5 | 22.6 |
| Blacks | 240.7 | 95.1 | 62.8 | 26.4 |
| Males | 235.9 | 69.0 | 74.5 | 27.0 |
| Females | 144.4 | 62.6 | 51.0 | 21.2 |
| White Males | 223.0 | 58.6 | 75.7 | 27.4 |
| White Females | 127.6 | 55.3 | 49.0 | 20.0 |
| Black Males | 296.2 | 108.5 | 70.8 | 27.4 |
| Black Females | 201.6 | 86.0 | 57.4 | 25.9 |
* UNSTABLE
Health-Care Providers | | Number |
|---|
| Total MDs (1999) | 6,703 |
| MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999) | 5,379 |
| MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999) | 1,324 |
| MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999) | 1,718 |
| MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999) | 458 |
| MDs with CVD Specialty (1999) | 191 |
| DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998) | 81 |
| Registered Nurses (1990) | 14,947 |
| Registered Dieticians (1990) | 768 |
Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization | | Number |
|---|
| Hospitals (1999) | 20 |
| Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999) | 9 |
| Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999) | 6 |
| Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999) | 9 |
| Hospitals with an emergency department (1999) | 16 |
| Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999) | 6 |
| Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999) | 11 |
| Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999) | 14 |
| Hospitals with a health-information center (1999) | 10 |
| Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999) | 13 |
| Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999) | 14 |
| Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999) | 11 |
| Total admissions (1999) | 231,078 |
| Total beds (1999) | 6,055 |
| Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999) | 149 |
| Inpatient days (1999) | 1447126 |
| Outpatient visits (1999) | 2900270 |
| Emergency Department visits (1999) | 683,672 |
HMOs and HMO Membership | | Number | Membership |
| Total HMOs (1998) | 122 | 657,587 |
| Traditional HMOs (1998) | 0 | 0 |
| IPA HMOs (1998) | 63 | 270,545 |
| Other HMOs (1998) | 59 | 387,042 |
Demographics | | Number | Percent |
| Total Population (1999) | 2,531,012 | 100.0 |
| Nonhispanic Whites (1999) | 1,525,061 | 60.3 |
| Hispanic Whites (1999) | 88,724 | 3.5 |
| Blacks (1999) | 822,053 | 32.5 |
| American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999) | 5,371 | 0.2 |
| Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999) | 89,803 | 3.5 |
| Total Hispanics (1999) | 100,079 | 4.0 |
Income, Education and Employment | Avg per capita income (1998) | 32,442 |
| Avg median household income (1997) | 46,123 |
| Persons in poverty (1997) | 297,992 |
| Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999) | 3 |
| % Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990) | 7 |
| % Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990) | 27 |
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