Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	233
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	212
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	21
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	83
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	10
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	11
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	5
Registered Nurses (1990)	778
Registered Dieticians (1990)	29

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	2
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)	1
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	22,697
Total beds (1999)	595
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	11
Inpatient days (1999)	134,063
Outpatient visits (1999)	422,798
Emergency Department visits (1999)	64,714

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	24	13,686
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	14	10,983
Other HMOs (1998)	10	2,703

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	154,223	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	132,971	86.2
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,860	1.9
Blacks (1999)	17,008	11.0
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	842	0.5
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	542	0.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	3,087	2.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,195
Avg median household income (1997)	27,562
Persons in poverty (1997)	26,109
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	14
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	13