Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	135
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	126
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	9
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	49
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	12
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	4
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	1
Registered Nurses (1990)	579
Registered Dieticians (1990)	52

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	3
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	0
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Total admissions (1999)	13,947
Total beds (1999)	324
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	78,753
Outpatient visits (1999)	311,192
Emergency Department visits (1999)	66,393

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	12	12,299
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	12	12,299
Other HMOs (1998)	0	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	163,628	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	80,153	49.0
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,758	1.1
Blacks (1999)	79,938	48.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	304	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,475	0.9
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,316	1.4

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	16,568
Avg median household income (1997)	27,316
Persons in poverty (1997)	34,536
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	16
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	13