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HSA# 280 - MILWAUKEE (MILWAUKEE), WI-WAUKESHA, WI

HSA# 280 - MILWAUKEE (MILWAUKEE), WI-WAUKESHA, WI

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 198.1 67.8 58.5 17.9
Whites 195.3 65.5 58.8 17.8
Blacks 223.3 94.7 53.9 19.9
Males 265.6 71.0 79.1 21.4
Females 151.5 65.2 44.8 15.9
White Males 263.2 68.0 79.7 21.2
White Females 147.9 63.6 44.8 15.8
Black Males 293.7 107.5 75.8 21.5*
Black Females 178.7 84.1 41.4 18.6

* UNSTABLE

Health-Care Providers
Number
Total MDs (1999) 4,201
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999) 3,237
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999) 964
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999) 1,069
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999) 214
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999) 122
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998) 82
Registered Nurses (1990) 13,948
Registered Dieticians (1990) 630


Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization
Number
Hospitals (1999) 19
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999) 15
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999) 9
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999) 10
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999) 17
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999) 9
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999) 11
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999) 7
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999) 1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999) 9
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999) 16
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999) 17
Total admissions (1999) 178,065
Total beds (1999) 4,684
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999) 52
Inpatient days (1999) 1062345
Outpatient visits (1999) 3399204
Emergency Department visits (1999) 518,490


HMOs and HMO Membership
Number Membership
Total HMOs (1998) 33 615,697
Traditional HMOs (1998) 7 113,178
IPA HMOs (1998) 4 21,121
Other HMOs (1998) 22 481,398


Demographics
Number Percent
Total Population (1999) 1,462,422 100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999) 1,138,133 77.8
Hispanic Whites (1999) 63,217 4.3
Blacks (1999) 225,553 15.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999) 8,644 0.6
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999) 26,875 1.8
Total Hispanics (1999) 71,327 4.9


Income, Education and Employment
Avg per capita income (1998) 30,618
Avg median household income (1997) 45,928
Persons in poverty (1997) 166,707
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999) 3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990) 7
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990) 22


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