2006 Hospice Need Methodology

Provisional as of:

March 4, 2009

 

 

County (A)

All Deaths 2006 (B) *

All Deaths (X) 25% ( C )

Unduplicated Patient Census (D) **

Unmet Need (C - D)

Barbour

200

50

153

-103

Berkeley

740

185

245

-60

Boone

332

83

133

-50

Braxton

184

46

62

-16

Brooke

338

85

133

-49

Cabell

1,129

282

635

-353

Calhoun

78

20

17

3

Clay

136

34

39

-5

Doddridge

80

20

16

4

Fayette

608

152

119

33

Gilmer

105

26

33

-7

Grant

122

31

17

14

Greenbrier

441

110

106

4

Hampshire

189

47

83

-36

Hancock

393

98

130

-32

Hardy

132

33

25

8

Harrison

828

207

233

-26

Jackson

305

76

79

-3

Jefferson

381

95

192

-97

Kanawha

2,398

600

928

-329

Lewis

235

59

45

14

Lincoln

254

64

98

-35

Logan

507

127

127

0

McDowell

380

95

57

38

Marion

670

168

296

-129

Marshall

388

97

92

5

Mason

321

80

83

-3

Mercer

819

205

244

-39

Mineral

321

80

49

31

Mingo

391

98

82

16

Monongalia

599

150

370

-220

Monroe

145

36

29

7

Morgan

187

47

94

-47

Nicholas

324

81

54

27

Ohio

551

138

193

-55

Pendleton

95

24

4

20

Pleasants

69

17

13

4

Pocahontas

123

31

37

-6

Preston

304

76

199

-123

Putnam

451

113

174

-61

Raleigh

898

225

233

-9

Randolph

337

84

272

-188

Ritchie

134

34

19

15

Roane

179

45

42

3

Summers

146

37

39

-3

Taylor

165

41

105

-64

Tucker

77

19

43

-24

Tyler

105

26

32

-6

Upshur

260

65

72

-7

Wayne

465

116

190

-74

Webster

127

32

14

18

Wetzel

220

55

63

-8

Wirt

59

15

14

1

Wood

935

234

139

95

Wyoming

289

72

54

18

 

 

 

 

 

TOTALS

20,649

 

7,049

 

 

*    West Virginia Vital Statistics

**   2009 Health Care Authority