HSA# 419 - EAST BATON ROUGE (BATON ROUGE), LA-ASCENSION, LA
* UNSTABLE 
Health-Care Providers | | Number |
|---|
| Total MDs (1999) | 1,193 |
| MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999) | 1,015 |
| MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999) | 178 |
| MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999) | 461 |
| MDs with Pediatric Specialty | 87 |
| MDs with Allergy & Immunology Specialty | 10 |
| MDs with Pulmonary Disease Specialty | 11 |
Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization | | Number |
|---|
| Hospitals (1999) | 10 |
| Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999) | 4 |
| Hospitals with an emergency department (1999) | 7 |
| Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999) | 5 |
| Hospitals with a health-information center (1999) | 3 |
| Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999) | 4 |
| Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999) | 3 |
| Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999) | 2 |
| Hospital Admissions | 65,683 |
| Hospital beds | 1,807 |
HMOs and HMO Membership | | Number | Membership |
| Total HMOs (1998) | 54 | 216,829 |
| Traditional HMOs (1998) | 0 | 0 |
| IPA HMOs (1998) | 38 | 137,695 |
| Other HMOs (1998) | 16 | 79,134 |
Demographics | | Number | Percent |
| Total Population (1999) | 668,695 | 100.0 |
| Nonhispanic Whites (1999) | 423,917 | 63.4 |
| Hispanic Whites (1999) | 10,126 | 1.5 |
| Blacks (1999) | 225,536 | 33.7 |
| American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999) | 1,235 | 0.2 |
| Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999) | 7,881 | 1.2 |
| Total Hispanics (1999) | 11,686 | 1.7 |
Income, Education and Employment | Avg per capita income (1998) | 23,598 |
| Avg median household income (1997) | 34,974 |
| Persons in poverty (1997) | 101,764 |
| % Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990) | 10 |
| % Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990) | 20 |
| Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999) | 4 |
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