Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	84
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	79
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	5
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	42
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	7
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	2
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	3
Registered Nurses (1990)	282
Registered Dieticians (1990)	30

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	3
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)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	1
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	0
Total admissions (1999)	8,870
Total beds (1999)	236
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	35,379
Outpatient visits (1999)	83,572
Emergency Department visits (1999)	33,122

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	16	6,826
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	4	2,695
Other HMOs (1998)	12	4,131

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	72,643	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	64,001	88.1
Hispanic Whites (1999)	454	0.6
Blacks (1999)	7,638	10.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	95	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	455	0.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	514	0.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,769
Avg median household income (1997)	30,388
Persons in poverty (1997)	10,347
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	20
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	10