Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	33
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	29
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	4
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	21
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	3
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	0
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	1
Registered Nurses (1990)	195
Registered Dieticians (1990)	11

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)	0
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	1
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)	1
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	3,117
Total beds (1999)	171
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	37,225
Outpatient visits (1999)	82,106
Emergency Department visits (1999)	20,071

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	9	5,030
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	3	1,995
Other HMOs (1998)	6	3,035

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	49,559	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	46,039	92.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	342	0.7
Blacks (1999)	2,976	6.0
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	64	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	138	0.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	381	0.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,087
Avg median household income (1997)	26,296
Persons in poverty (1997)	8,698
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	23
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	6