Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	174
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	163
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	11
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	64
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	9
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	4
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	4
Registered Nurses (1990)	571
Registered Dieticians (1990)	49

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)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	19,535
Total beds (1999)	851
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	8
Inpatient days (1999)	180,593
Outpatient visits (1999)	211,424
Emergency Department visits (1999)	60,124

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	2	4
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	0	0
Other HMOs (1998)	2	4

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	142,754	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	88,347	61.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,813	2.0
Blacks (1999)	49,602	34.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	488	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,504	1.1
Total Hispanics (1999)	3,355	2.4

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,666
Avg median household income (1997)	28,828
Persons in poverty (1997)	28,897
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	15
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	13