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St. Barnabas Hospital is the flagship of the St. Barnabas
Hospital Healthcare Network, a major healthcare system serving the Bronx
community. Proud of its history, St. Barnabas traces its origins to a home for
incurables founded in the Bronx in 1866. Today, as a high-tech, 461-bed acute
care hospital and Level I Trauma Center, St. Barnabas retains deep roots in the
community.
A nonsectarian, not-for-profit hospital, St. Barnabas provides
high quality inpatient, outpatient, and emergency medical, mental health, and
dental services at multiple locations throughout the borough. The network also
includes a 199-bed skilled nursing facility and Medicaid managed care plan.
Other facts about St. Barnabas includes:
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25,000 hospital admissions annually
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100,000 emergency visits
- Approximately 1,500 trauma evaluations
annually – Level I trauma center is one of the busiest in New York City
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Level III Neonatal Unit
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First State-designated Stroke Center in
the Bronx
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Designated AIDS Center
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New Cardiac Catherization Laboratory and
Interventional Radiology Suite
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Cancer Center
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Teaching Hospital
- Training more than 250 physicians annually
- One of the largest Emergency Medicine Residencies in the
U.S.
- D.O. Surgical Residency based in a Level I Trauma
Center in the U.S.
As a teaching hospital, St. Barnabas is affiliated with the
New York College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Our Community
The Bronx is racially and ethnically diverse: 48.4% Hispanic;
31.2% Black/African American; 14.5% White; 5.9% Other (U.S. Census, 2000). Low
socioeconomic status among Bronx residents has severe health implications.
Below is a table of the demographics of the communities that St. Barnabas
Hospital serves. It should be noted that Bronx residents in the Hunts Point,
Mott Haven, Highbridge, Morrisania, and Central Bronx neighborhoods report the
highest level of poverty and poor health
among
all 42 New York City Department of Planning Neighborhoods. The Bronx community
enjoys a health fair at UCHC.
Bronx
Community Profile: Demographics
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Bronx Neighborhood |
Population* |
Foreign Born*
(%) |
Adults not Graduating High School*
(%) |
Poverty*
(%) |
Reporting Health as Fair or Poor†
(%) |
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Kingsbridge and Riverdale |
88,989 |
29.8 |
20.4 |
15.0 |
20 |
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Northeast Bronx |
185,998 |
32.5 |
25.9 |
15.5 |
15 |
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Fordham and Bronx Park |
250,491 |
35.2 |
39.1 |
33.4 |
26 |
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Southeast Bronx |
290,052 |
23.3 |
31.5 |
22.0 |
25 |
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Central Bronx |
199,530 |
29.8 |
47.5 |
40.8 |
36 |
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Highbridge and Morrisania |
189,755 |
29.8 |
48.6 |
42.2 |
36 |
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Hunts Point and Mott Haven |
122,875 |
24.5 |
55.7 |
44.9 |
36 |
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Total Bronx Population |
1,327,690 |
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*Source: New York City Department of City Planning/2000 U.S.
Census.
†Source: 2002 New York City Community Health Survey.
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