Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	407
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	369
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	38
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	144
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	19
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	14
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	10
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,526
Registered Dieticians (1990)	65

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	9
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)	4
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	35,296
Total beds (1999)	1,121
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	8
Inpatient days (1999)	186,110
Outpatient visits (1999)	307,564
Emergency Department visits (1999)	81,143

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	47	38,964
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	13	8,027
Other HMOs (1998)	34	30,937

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	243,140	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	174,255	71.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,634	0.7
Blacks (1999)	66,229	27.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	243	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	779	0.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,089	0.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,249
Avg median household income (1997)	29,860
Persons in poverty (1997)	37,453
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	20
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	11