Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	217
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	212
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	5
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	83
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	15
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	9
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	2
Registered Nurses (1990)	760
Registered Dieticians (1990)	43

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	2
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	1
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	17,126
Total beds (1999)	430
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	8
Inpatient days (1999)	114,869
Outpatient visits (1999)	148,873
Emergency Department visits (1999)	62,837

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	20	26,568
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	16	12,315
Other HMOs (1998)	4	14,253

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	193,107	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	142,820	74.0
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,441	0.7
Blacks (1999)	46,567	24.1
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,052	0.5
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,227	0.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,657	0.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,870
Avg median household income (1997)	37,808
Persons in poverty (1997)	22,883
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	15
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	15