Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	155
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	141
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	14
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	61
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	12
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	5
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	8
Registered Nurses (1990)	679
Registered Dieticians (1990)	47

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	2
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)	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)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	10,916
Total beds (1999)	196
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	46,902
Outpatient visits (1999)	125,461
Emergency Department visits (1999)	42,080

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	16	15,448
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	4	874
Other HMOs (1998)	12	14,574

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	149,058	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	113,255	76.0
Hispanic Whites (1999)	6,356	4.3
Blacks (1999)	25,131	16.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	646	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	3,670	2.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	7,468	5.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,450
Avg median household income (1997)	34,640
Persons in poverty (1997)	16,922
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	12
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	15