Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	426
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	365
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	61
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	136
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	21
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	9
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	10
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,174
Registered Dieticians (1990)	121

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	12
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
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)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	49,385
Total beds (1999)	1,244
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	8
Inpatient days (1999)	265,550
Outpatient visits (1999)	561,384
Emergency Department visits (1999)	148,402

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	25	9,589
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	12	8,777
Other HMOs (1998)	13	812

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	252,352	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	159,718	63.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,100	0.8
Blacks (1999)	89,011	35.3
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	398	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,125	0.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,608	1.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	18,985
Avg median household income (1997)	25,365
Persons in poverty (1997)	56,755
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	16
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	15