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HSA# 43 - DAUPHIN (HARRISBURG), PA-CUMBERLAND, PA

HSA# 43 - DAUPHIN (HARRISBURG), PA-CUMBERLAND, PA

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 205.7 55.7 95.8 20.9
Whites 205.4 55.0 96.4 20.9
Blacks 221.5 66.9 90.1 20.9*
Males 264.0 58.5 127.7 23.5
Females 163.0 53.2 73.0 19.0
White Males 265.2 58.7 129.1 23.2
White Females 161.5 52.0 72.9 19.1
Black Males 250.4 57.1 108.0 31.6*
Black Females 200.4 71.0 77.7 15.6*

* UNSTABLE

Health-Care Providers
Number
Total MDs (1999) 1,619
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999) 1,127
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999) 492
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999) 372
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999) 82
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999) 53
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998) 111
Registered Nurses (1990) 5,385
Registered Dieticians (1990) 162


Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization
Number
Hospitals (1999) 6
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999) 0
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999) 4
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999) 4
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999) 6
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999) 2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999) 6
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999) 3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999) 3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999) 5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999) 6
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999) 4
Total admissions (1999) 85,430
Total beds (1999) 2,033
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999) 0
Inpatient days (1999) 580,766
Outpatient visits (1999) 1386831
Emergency Department visits (1999) 191,257


HMOs and HMO Membership
Number Membership
Total HMOs (1998) 27 131,388
Traditional HMOs (1998) 0 0
IPA HMOs (1998) 18 131,184
Other HMOs (1998) 9 204


Demographics
Number Percent
Total Population (1999) 618,375 100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999) 545,982 88.3
Hispanic Whites (1999) 12,600 2.0
Blacks (1999) 48,860 7.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999) 986 0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999) 9,947 1.6
Total Hispanics (1999) 15,482 2.5


Income, Education and Employment
Avg per capita income (1998) 27,769
Avg median household income (1997) 41,947
Persons in poverty (1997) 46,402
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999) 3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990) 8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990) 18


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