Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	102
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	95
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	7
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	54
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	8
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	3
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	1
Registered Nurses (1990)	296
Registered Dieticians (1990)	63

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	0
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	1
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	13,400
Total beds (1999)	420
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	1
Inpatient days (1999)	90,510
Outpatient visits (1999)	347,827
Emergency Department visits (1999)	84,371

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	9	14,501
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	5	2,651
Other HMOs (1998)	4	11,850

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	107,892	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	69,874	64.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,227	1.1
Blacks (1999)	36,189	33.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	229	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	373	0.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,419	1.3

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	17,784
Avg median household income (1997)	23,994
Persons in poverty (1997)	24,461
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	17
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	12