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HSA# 129 - LAWRENCE, PA

HSA# 129 - LAWRENCE, 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 243.0 47.9 107.9 17.2
Whites 243.7 47.5 108.4 17.4
Blacks 238.0* 72.7* 93.4* 11.9*
Males 298.8 52.5 135.3 17.9
Females 198.7 43.9 84.8 17.0
White Males 301.6 51.6 137.6 18.2
White Females 197.7 43.9 83.9 17.1
Black Males 159.7* 89.5* 29.7* 0.0*
Black Females 261.7* 58.1* 114.3* 18.7*

* UNSTABLE

Health-Care Providers
Number
Total MDs (1999) 107
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999) 90
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999) 17
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999) 39
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999) 7
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999) 3
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998) 9
Registered Nurses (1990) 1,028
Registered Dieticians (1990) 29


Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization
Number
Hospitals (1999) 3
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999) 1
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999) 0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999) 1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999) 2
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999) 0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999) 2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999) 2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999) 2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999) 2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999) 2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999) 2
Total admissions (1999) 14,854
Total beds (1999) 482
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999) 15
Inpatient days (1999) 96,471
Outpatient visits (1999) 376,872
Emergency Department visits (1999) 63,501


HMOs and HMO Membership
Number Membership
Total HMOs (1998) 4 39,047
Traditional HMOs (1998) 0 0
IPA HMOs (1998) 2 34,743
Other HMOs (1998) 2 4,304


Demographics
Number Percent
Total Population (1999) 94,508 100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999) 90,185 95.4
Hispanic Whites (1999) 438 0.5
Blacks (1999) 3,414 3.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999) 71 0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999) 400 0.4
Total Hispanics (1999) 516 0.5


Income, Education and Employment
Avg per capita income (1998) 21,223
Avg median household income (1997) 30,367
Persons in poverty (1997) 13,139
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999) 6
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990) 10
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990) 12


Archived page, reproduced from a 2011 copy. It is reference material, not current guidance.