Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	243
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	200
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	43
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	84
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	13
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	7
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	6
Registered Nurses (1990)	978
Registered Dieticians (1990)	35

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	6
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)	4
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Total admissions (1999)	24,726
Total beds (1999)	721
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	14
Inpatient days (1999)	122,771
Outpatient visits (1999)	912,756
Emergency Department visits (1999)	117,411

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	21	2,427
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	2	52
Other HMOs (1998)	19	2,375

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	200,772	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	168,379	83.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	3,222	1.6
Blacks (1999)	26,973	13.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	508	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,690	0.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	4,112	2.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	18,173
Avg median household income (1997)	28,504
Persons in poverty (1997)	32,372
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	20
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	9