Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	104
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	96
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	8
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	47
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	8
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	1
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	2
Registered Nurses (1990)	518
Registered Dieticians (1990)	61

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	2
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)	2
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
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)	2
Total admissions (1999)	12,713
Total beds (1999)	396
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	94,286
Outpatient visits (1999)	135,561
Emergency Department visits (1999)	48,729

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	13	7,284
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	12	7,239
Other HMOs (1998)	1	45

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	108,868	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	78,169	71.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	734	0.7
Blacks (1999)	29,539	27.1
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	154	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	272	0.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	862	0.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,977
Avg median household income (1997)	33,299
Persons in poverty (1997)	14,960
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	15
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	11