HSA# 180 - LOWNDES, GA-COOK, GA
Age-Adjusted Mortality per 100,000 Population, 1996-98 | | CHD | Stroke | AMI | CHF |
| Overall | 218.6 | 81.4 | 100.1 | 46.3 |
| Whites | 221.8 | 74.2 | 101.5 | 53.2 |
| Blacks | 214.0 | 104.4 | 97.3 | 29.4 |
| Males | 287.9 | 96.0 | 134.0 | 46.7 |
| Females | 172.1 | 71.5 | 76.0 | 45.2 |
| White Males | 307.3 | 81.5 | 142.5 | 54.9 |
| White Females | 165.2 | 69.6 | 71.4 | 51.4 |
| Black Males | 240.6 | 146.7 | 110.5 | 27.3* |
| Black Females | 193.9 | 77.1 | 88.5 | 30.1* |
* UNSTABLE
Health-Care Providers | | Number |
|---|
| Total MDs (1999) | 174 |
| MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999) | 163 |
| MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999) | 11 |
| MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999) | 64 |
| MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999) | 9 |
| MDs with CVD Specialty (1999) | 4 |
| DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998) | 4 |
| Registered Nurses (1990) | 571 |
| Registered Dieticians (1990) | 49 |
Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization | | Number |
|---|
| Hospitals (1999) | 6 |
| 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) | 5 |
| Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999) | 0 |
| Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999) | 4 |
| Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999) | 6 |
| Hospitals with a health-information center (1999) | 2 |
| Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999) | 5 |
| Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999) | 4 |
| Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999) | 2 |
| Total admissions (1999) | 19,535 |
| Total beds (1999) | 851 |
| Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999) | 8 |
| Inpatient days (1999) | 180,593 |
| Outpatient visits (1999) | 211,424 |
| Emergency Department visits (1999) | 60,124 |
HMOs and HMO Membership | | Number | Membership |
| Total HMOs (1998) | 2 | 4 |
| Traditional HMOs (1998) | 0 | 0 |
| IPA HMOs (1998) | 0 | 0 |
| Other HMOs (1998) | 2 | 4 |
Demographics | | Number | Percent |
| Total Population (1999) | 142,754 | 100.0 |
| Nonhispanic Whites (1999) | 88,347 | 61.9 |
| Hispanic Whites (1999) | 2,813 | 2.0 |
| Blacks (1999) | 49,602 | 34.7 |
| American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999) | 488 | 0.3 |
| Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999) | 1,504 | 1.1 |
| Total Hispanics (1999) | 3,355 | 2.4 |
Income, Education and Employment | Avg per capita income (1998) | 19,666 |
| Avg median household income (1997) | 28,828 |
| Persons in poverty (1997) | 28,897 |
| Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999) | 5 |
| % Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990) | 15 |
| % Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990) | 13 |
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