Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	122
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	74
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	48
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	30
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	8
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	0
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	2
Registered Nurses (1990)	508
Registered Dieticians (1990)	2

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)	1
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)	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)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	6,358
Total beds (1999)	230
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	28,274
Outpatient visits (1999)	101,414
Emergency Department visits (1999)	36,764

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	5	1,253
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	2	1,237
Other HMOs (1998)	3	16

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	69,426	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	33,770	48.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	764	1.1
Blacks (1999)	34,230	49.3
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	82	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	580	0.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	951	1.4

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,149
Avg median household income (1997)	30,593
Persons in poverty (1997)	11,922
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	16
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	12