Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	219
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	171
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	48
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	76
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	9
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	5
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	2
Registered Nurses (1990)	2,317
Registered Dieticians (1990)	127

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)	0
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	0
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	0
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	0
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	0
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	0
Total admissions (1999)	3,280
Total beds (1999)	70
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	11,387
Outpatient visits (1999)	36,506
Emergency Department visits (1999)	7,916

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	51	55,795
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	34	11,151
Other HMOs (1998)	17	44,644

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	248,033	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	193,448	78.0
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,684	1.1
Blacks (1999)	47,784	19.3
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	467	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	3,650	1.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	3,046	1.2

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	24,397
Avg median household income (1997)	40,030
Persons in poverty (1997)	26,171
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	2
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	16
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	21