Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	306
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	287
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	19
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	89
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	21
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	8
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	1
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,019
Registered Dieticians (1990)	53

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	0
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	0
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Total admissions (1999)	39,522
Total beds (1999)	955
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	10
Inpatient days (1999)	224,729
Outpatient visits (1999)	246,238
Emergency Department visits (1999)	145,105

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	8	12,894
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	3	827
Other HMOs (1998)	5	12,067

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	155,612	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	109,935	70.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,264	0.8
Blacks (1999)	43,170	27.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	297	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	946	0.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,429	0.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	17,944
Avg median household income (1997)	27,871
Persons in poverty (1997)	26,883
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	13
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	17