Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	40
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	35
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	5
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	24
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	3
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	0
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	1
Registered Nurses (1990)	189
Registered Dieticians (1990)	7

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	3
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)	3
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)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	6,288
Total beds (1999)	358
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	94,307
Outpatient visits (1999)	154,864
Emergency Department visits (1999)	35,478

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	6	799
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	3	549
Other HMOs (1998)	3	250

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	48,567	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	44,627	91.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	250	0.5
Blacks (1999)	3,561	7.3
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	55	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	74	0.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	265	0.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	18,709
Avg median household income (1997)	27,589
Persons in poverty (1997)	7,747
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	22
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	7