Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	80
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	73
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	7
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	32
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	7
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	0
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	6
Registered Nurses (1990)	360
Registered Dieticians (1990)	27

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	0
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	10,351
Total beds (1999)	514
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	148,179
Outpatient visits (1999)	192,376
Emergency Department visits (1999)	53,610

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	3	874
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	3	874
Other HMOs (1998)	0	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	82,977	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	39,037	47.0
Hispanic Whites (1999)	552	0.7
Blacks (1999)	42,866	51.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	162	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	360	0.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	760	0.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,501
Avg median household income (1997)	25,353
Persons in poverty (1997)	22,069
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	20
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	12