Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	138
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	129
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	9
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	58
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	9
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	9
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	2
Registered Nurses (1990)	602
Registered Dieticians (1990)	44

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	3
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	1
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)	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)	12,744
Total beds (1999)	459
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	10
Inpatient days (1999)	106,012
Outpatient visits (1999)	93,902
Emergency Department visits (1999)	54,140

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	16	8,890
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	16	8,890
Other HMOs (1998)	0	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	129,369	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	51,821	40.1
Hispanic Whites (1999)	528	0.4
Blacks (1999)	76,207	58.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	281	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	532	0.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	820	0.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	18,445
Avg median household income (1997)	26,045
Persons in poverty (1997)	30,488
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	10
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	18
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	13