Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	133
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	128
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	5
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	51
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	9
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	6
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	2
Registered Nurses (1990)	430
Registered Dieticians (1990)	36

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	2
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	15,325
Total beds (1999)	373
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	69,450
Outpatient visits (1999)	175,621
Emergency Department visits (1999)	45,922

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	8	198
Traditional HMOs (1998)	3	4
IPA HMOs (1998)	5	194
Other HMOs (1998)	0	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	97,464	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	72,819	74.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	4,521	4.6
Blacks (1999)	19,296	19.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	249	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	579	0.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	5,016	5.1

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,934
Avg median household income (1997)	26,207
Persons in poverty (1997)	19,710
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	15
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	15