Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	264
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	256
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	8
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	83
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	13
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	8
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	4
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,355
Registered Dieticians (1990)	57

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	7
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Total admissions (1999)	34,560
Total beds (1999)	1,142
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	18
Inpatient days (1999)	247,643
Outpatient visits (1999)	577,249
Emergency Department visits (1999)	122,197

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	42	2,407
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	12	407
Other HMOs (1998)	30	2,000

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	206,068	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	191,125	92.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,451	0.7
Blacks (1999)	12,619	6.1
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	334	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	539	0.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,544	0.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,366
Avg median household income (1997)	31,358
Persons in poverty (1997)	28,774
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	16
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	10