Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	225
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	214
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	11
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	83
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	16
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	7
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	4
Registered Nurses (1990)	923
Registered Dieticians (1990)	41

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	7
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	25,114
Total beds (1999)	1,276
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	322,045
Outpatient visits (1999)	464,732
Emergency Department visits (1999)	76,684

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	21	21,601
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	12	10,951
Other HMOs (1998)	9	10,650

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	238,367	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	156,984	65.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,123	0.9
Blacks (1999)	77,796	32.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	365	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,099	0.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,567	1.1

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,052
Avg median household income (1997)	35,180
Persons in poverty (1997)	34,968
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	17
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	11