Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	88
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	82
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	6
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	39
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	6
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	2
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	2
Registered Nurses (1990)	397
Registered Dieticians (1990)	31

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)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
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)	0
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	18,259
Total beds (1999)	641
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	114,151
Outpatient visits (1999)	80,925
Emergency Department visits (1999)	24,645

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	9	2,433
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	5	1,651
Other HMOs (1998)	4	782

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	73,731	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	34,824	47.2
Hispanic Whites (1999)	404	0.5
Blacks (1999)	38,019	51.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	96	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	388	0.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	597	0.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,807
Avg median household income (1997)	27,478
Persons in poverty (1997)	15,277
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	17
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	17