Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	180
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	162
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	18
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	63
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	8
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	4
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	2
Registered Nurses (1990)	602
Registered Dieticians (1990)	44

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	3
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	3
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)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	16,650
Total beds (1999)	418
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	11
Inpatient days (1999)	68,537
Outpatient visits (1999)	177,577
Emergency Department visits (1999)	50,370

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	23	19,883
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	8	9,902
Other HMOs (1998)	15	9,981

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	137,026	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	115,672	84.4
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,307	1.0
Blacks (1999)	19,218	14.0
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	288	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	541	0.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,434	1.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,746
Avg median household income (1997)	34,252
Persons in poverty (1997)	16,149
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	18
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	10