Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	159
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	139
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	20
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	60
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	13
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	7
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	3
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,143
Registered Dieticians (1990)	35

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	3
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	18,295
Total beds (1999)	674
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	13
Inpatient days (1999)	140,946
Outpatient visits (1999)	551,191
Emergency Department visits (1999)	67,052

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	7	8,873
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	2	188
Other HMOs (1998)	5	8,685

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	133,916	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	111,692	83.4
Hispanic Whites (1999)	3,583	2.7
Blacks (1999)	17,302	12.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	237	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,102	0.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	3,946	2.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,192
Avg median household income (1997)	36,702
Persons in poverty (1997)	15,920
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	12
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	11