PDX INDEX: Kids & Hospitals

By Kate Moening

Illustration: Michael Novak

$245 M
ESTIMATED COST of the new Randall Children’s Hospital at Legacy Emanuel in North Portland, which opens this month.

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1800
Number of CONSTRUCTION WORKERS and SUBCONTRACTORS employed in its creation.

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Number of CHILDREN’S HOSPITALS in Portland (OHSU’s Doernbecher is the other) vs. number of children’s hospitals in the rest of Oregon and Southwest Washington.

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35 Percentage increase in PREMATURE BIRTHS nationwide since 1981.

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Decline in Oregon INFANT MORTALITY, per 1,000 live births, since 1980.

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53
Sets of MULTIPLE BIRTHS (49 sets of twins, four sets of triplets) treated by Legacy’s neonatal intensive care program last year.

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Number of MOVIE THEATERS (featuring 15 seats and a 12-foot screen) at the new Randall.

Illustration: Michael Novak

10
Number of ANIMALS (including dragonfly, fish, and bear) featured in the hospital’s design motifs.

Published: February 2012