Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	153
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	142
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	11
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	63
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	13
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	0
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	0
Registered Nurses (1990)	408
Registered Dieticians (1990)	59

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)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	0
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Total admissions (1999)	19,591
Total beds (1999)	711
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	135,462
Outpatient visits (1999)	319,327
Emergency Department visits (1999)	81,574

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	11	4,400
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	7	3,840
Other HMOs (1998)	4	560

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	118,572	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	70,673	59.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	817	0.7
Blacks (1999)	46,690	39.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	109	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	283	0.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,211	1.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	16,961
Avg median household income (1997)	22,348
Persons in poverty (1997)	29,978
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	29
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	9