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Demographics of South Texas
Health
Facilities
The relatively small number of LRGV and MRG hospitals must take care of a relatively large number of people (Table 16) as well as cover an extremely large area (see Area per Hospital). Clinics and other facilities (Table 17) may address initial patient care, but not having hospitals in the close proximity for referrals remains a paramount issue. Only 16 hospitals in the LRGV, MRG, and WGB have obstetric care, areas that have fertility rates of 108.4, 94.2, and 80.1 respectively as compared to Texas’s 75.4/100,000. There are no charity hospitals and no hospital taxing district in the LRGV, and indigent patients are referred to Galveston, a thirteen hour bus trip.
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14.
Diabetes,
HIV, and
Cancer
Deaths,
2003 |
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Census
Population
2000 |
Total
Deaths |
Diabetes
(%) |
AIDS
(%) |
Cancer
(%) |
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LRGV |
978,369 |
5,523 |
6.1 |
0.2 |
19.6 |
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MRG |
239,814 |
1,397 |
6.2 |
0.6 |
18.8 |
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WGB |
138,267 |
982 |
4.8 |
0.3 |
20.7 |
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South
Central |
1,807,868 |
14,355 |
4.7 |
0.6 |
21.7 |
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South
Coastal |
505,567 |
4,002 |
5.8 |
0.5 |
22.2 |
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South Texas |
3,669,885 |
26,259 |
5.2 |
0.5 |
21.1 |
|
Texas |
20,851,820 |
154,501 |
3.7 |
0.7 |
21.9 |
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United
States |
281,422,000 |
2,416,425 |
3.0 |
0.6 |
22.9 |
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Sources: |
Texas
Department
of State
Health
Services
(US Data
for 2001
from the
US
Statistical
Abstract)
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15.
Deaths
Due to
Heart
Disease, Cerebrovascular
Disease,
and
Alzheimer’s
Disease,
2003 |
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Census
Population
2000 |
Total Deaths |
Heart
Disease (%) |
Cerebrovascular
Disease
(%) |
Alzheimer’s
Disease
(%) |
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LRGV |
978,369 |
5,523 |
29.2 |
5.1 |
1.4 |
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MRG |
239,814 |
1,397 |
27.1 |
5.9 |
0.9 |
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WGB |
138,267 |
982 |
27.3 |
4.9 |
1.6 |
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South
Central |
1,807,868 |
14,355 |
26.6 |
6.8 |
2.8 |
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South
Coastal |
505,567 |
4,002 |
25.7 |
6.4 |
2.6 |
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South Texas |
3,669,885 |
26,259 |
27.1 |
6.3 |
2.3 |
|
Texas |
20,851,820 |
154,501 |
27.0 |
6.7 |
2.6 |
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United
States |
281,422,000 |
2,416,425 |
29.0 |
6.8 |
2.2 |
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Sources: |
Texas
Department
of State
Health
Services
(US Data
for 2001
from the
US
Statistical
Abstract) |
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16.
Hospitals and Beds, 2000 |
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|
Population |
Land Area
(sq mi) |
Hospitals |
Beds |
Population
per Hospital |
Area per
Hospital
(sq mi) |
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LRGV |
978,369 |
4,295 |
15 |
2,239 |
65,225 |
286 |
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MRG |
239,814 |
10,102 |
3 |
469 |
79,938 |
3,367 |
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WGB |
138,267 |
11,489 |
3 |
206 |
46,089 |
3,830 |
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South
Central |
1,807,868 |
11,391 |
42 |
7,557 |
43,044 |
271 |
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South
Coastal |
505,567 |
8,692 |
16 |
2,069 |
31,598 |
543 |
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South Texas |
3,669,885 |
45,969 |
79 |
12,540 |
46,454 |
582 |
|
Texas |
20,851,820 |
261,797 |
516 |
69,643 |
40,411 |
507 |
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United
States |
281,422,000 |
3,537,438 |
5,979 |
993,443 |
47,068 |
592 |
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Sources: |
National
Women’s
Health
Indicators
Database
US Census
Bureau
(Population
and Land
Area)
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17.
Clinics and
Other Health
Care
Facilities,
2003 |
|
|
Census
Population
2000 |
Federally
Qualified
Health
Centers |
Home Health
Agencies |
Rural Health
Centers |
Nursing
Homes 2005 |
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LRGV |
978,369 |
23 |
65 |
15 |
30 |
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MRG |
239,814 |
8 |
9 |
8 |
10 |
|
WGB |
138,267 |
10 |
10 |
18 |
7 |
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South
Central |
1,807,868 |
15 |
87 |
21 |
95 |
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South
Coastal |
505,567 |
0 |
34 |
22 |
29 |
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South Texas |
3,669,885 |
56 |
205 |
84 |
171 |
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Texas |
20,851,820 |
128 |
1,060 |
338 |
1,129 |
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United
States |
281,422,000 |
2,535 |
7,184 |
3,404 |
18,000 |
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Sources: |
National
Women’s
Health
Indicators
Database;<http://CarePathways.com>
(Nursing
Homes)(US
Nursing Home
Data for
1999 from
the US
Statistical
Abstract)
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