Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	117
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	111
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	6
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	33
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	6
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	4
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	4
Registered Nurses (1990)	372
Registered Dieticians (1990)	15

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	16,776
Total beds (1999)	397
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	75,952
Outpatient visits (1999)	130,687
Emergency Department visits (1999)	50,669

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	6	61
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	3	60
Other HMOs (1998)	3	1

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	79,733	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	62,621	78.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,265	1.6
Blacks (1999)	12,798	16.1
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	2,736	3.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	313	0.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,539	1.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,642
Avg median household income (1997)	26,130
Persons in poverty (1997)	17,573
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	16
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	11