Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	260
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	240
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	20
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	90
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	17
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	5
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	9
Registered Nurses (1990)	869
Registered Dieticians (1990)	90

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	6
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	0
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	25,636
Total beds (1999)	911
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	10
Inpatient days (1999)	218,113
Outpatient visits (1999)	596,617
Emergency Department visits (1999)	120,826

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	3	66
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	1	58
Other HMOs (1998)	2	8

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	183,325	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	88,714	48.4
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,679	0.9
Blacks (1999)	91,436	49.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	441	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,055	0.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,328	1.3

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,165
Avg median household income (1997)	29,687
Persons in poverty (1997)	43,575
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	16
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	13