Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	205
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	184
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	21
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	65
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	8
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	8
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	9
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,175
Registered Dieticians (1990)	46

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	2
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	13,137
Total beds (1999)	224
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	59,139
Outpatient visits (1999)	503,968
Emergency Department visits (1999)	46,263

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	26	46,211
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	20	22,111
Other HMOs (1998)	6	24,100

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	133,655	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	99,698	74.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,035	0.8
Blacks (1999)	31,984	23.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	238	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	700	0.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,276	1.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	25,104
Avg median household income (1997)	38,477
Persons in poverty (1997)	14,641
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	11
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	17