Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	371
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	313
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	58
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	109
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	21
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	13
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	1
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,346
Registered Dieticians (1990)	102

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	9
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)	6
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Total admissions (1999)	38,076
Total beds (1999)	1,170
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	266,253
Outpatient visits (1999)	594,545
Emergency Department visits (1999)	156,205

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	24	15,711
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	12	3,714
Other HMOs (1998)	12	11,997

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	235,524	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	164,163	69.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	3,753	1.6
Blacks (1999)	65,026	27.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,169	0.5
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,413	0.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	4,598	2.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,298
Avg median household income (1997)	25,637
Persons in poverty (1997)	47,704
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	18
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	11