Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	57
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	51
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	6
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	31
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	6
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	0
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	0
Registered Nurses (1990)	293
Registered Dieticians (1990)	19

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	2
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)	2
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	11,712
Total beds (1999)	325
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	48,072
Outpatient visits (1999)	55,790
Emergency Department visits (1999)	41,165

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	9	5,159
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	9	5,159
Other HMOs (1998)	0	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	64,193	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	31,287	48.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	196	0.3
Blacks (1999)	31,915	49.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	523	0.8
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	272	0.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	298	0.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	16,844
Avg median household income (1997)	23,427
Persons in poverty (1997)	16,149
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	12
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	21
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	9