Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	249
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	233
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	16
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	99
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	21
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	4
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	1
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,254
Registered Dieticians (1990)	58

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	0
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)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	26,934
Total beds (1999)	615
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	156,862
Outpatient visits (1999)	318,950
Emergency Department visits (1999)	109,937

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	21	12,026
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	18	12,023
Other HMOs (1998)	3	3

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	224,094	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	118,097	52.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,709	0.8
Blacks (1999)	101,059	45.1
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	2,370	1.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	859	0.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,383	1.1

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,758
Avg median household income (1997)	29,205
Persons in poverty (1997)	42,464
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	19
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	11