Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	275
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	265
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	10
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	100
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	19
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	6
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	2
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,043
Registered Dieticians (1990)	50

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)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Total admissions (1999)	29,134
Total beds (1999)	660
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	137,365
Outpatient visits (1999)	299,985
Emergency Department visits (1999)	112,128

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	10	302
Traditional HMOs (1998)	2	7
IPA HMOs (1998)	8	295
Other HMOs (1998)	0	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	218,493	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	164,348	75.2
Hispanic Whites (1999)	8,778	4.0
Blacks (1999)	43,276	19.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,075	0.5
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,016	0.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	9,789	4.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,986
Avg median household income (1997)	31,684
Persons in poverty (1997)	34,980
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	10
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	14