Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	67
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	66
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	1
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	33
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	4
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	2
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	2
Registered Nurses (1990)	431
Registered Dieticians (1990)	67

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)	0
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	0
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	0
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	0
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	0
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	12,836
Total beds (1999)	389
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	4
Inpatient days (1999)	91,296
Outpatient visits (1999)	164,343
Emergency Department visits (1999)	38,463

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	7	1,502
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	3	874
Other HMOs (1998)	4	628

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	103,245	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	70,236	68.0
Hispanic Whites (1999)	578	0.6
Blacks (1999)	32,063	31.1
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	205	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	163	0.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	832	0.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	18,184
Avg median household income (1997)	27,031
Persons in poverty (1997)	18,684
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	16
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	9