Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	76
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	70
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	6
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	33
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	4
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	2
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	0
Registered Nurses (1990)	333
Registered Dieticians (1990)	25

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)	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)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	0
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	0
Total admissions (1999)	8,245
Total beds (1999)	211
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	40,183
Outpatient visits (1999)	72,662
Emergency Department visits (1999)	29,986

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	14	3,444
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	7	2,176
Other HMOs (1998)	7	1,268

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	94,482	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	56,765	60.1
Hispanic Whites (1999)	577	0.6
Blacks (1999)	36,499	38.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	111	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	530	0.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	770	0.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	18,697
Avg median household income (1997)	26,602
Persons in poverty (1997)	18,307
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	14
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	17