Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	171
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	154
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	17
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	62
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	12
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	2
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	1
Registered Nurses (1990)	644
Registered Dieticians (1990)	52

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	1
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)	1
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	1
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	10,043
Total beds (1999)	319
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	69,516
Outpatient visits (1999)	124,315
Emergency Department visits (1999)	47,314

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	11	22,467
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	9	22,451
Other HMOs (1998)	2	16

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	121,100	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	94,244	77.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,671	1.4
Blacks (1999)	23,827	19.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	400	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	958	0.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,807	1.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	24,836
Avg median household income (1997)	35,281
Persons in poverty (1997)	10,443
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	2
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	13
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	15