Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	210
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	193
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	17
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	90
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	15
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	4
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	2
Registered Nurses (1990)	915
Registered Dieticians (1990)	86

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)	1
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)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	25,806
Total beds (1999)	630
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	147,782
Outpatient visits (1999)	338,901
Emergency Department visits (1999)	119,974

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	15	10,652
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	15	10,652
Other HMOs (1998)	0	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	236,344	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	110,847	46.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,537	0.7
Blacks (1999)	70,319	29.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	52,872	22.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	769	0.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,769	1.2

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	18,459
Avg median household income (1997)	26,284
Persons in poverty (1997)	49,432
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	19
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	11