Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	151
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	137
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	14
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	85
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	6
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	1
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	14
Registered Nurses (1990)	4,013
Registered Dieticians (1990)	134

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	0
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	0
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	1
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	0
Total admissions (1999)	2,536
Total beds (1999)	37
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	7,556
Outpatient visits (1999)	23,929
Emergency Department visits (1999)	5,096

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	32	23,544
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	28	15,443
Other HMOs (1998)	4	8,101

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	325,319	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	286,251	88.0
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,176	0.7
Blacks (1999)	34,497	10.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	494	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,901	0.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,522	0.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,968
Avg median household income (1997)	39,994
Persons in poverty (1997)	29,461
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	2
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	16
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	15