Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	238
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	199
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	39
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	58
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	17
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	4
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	4
Registered Nurses (1990)	911
Registered Dieticians (1990)	29

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	3
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	0
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	0
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	0
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	0
Total admissions (1999)	19,588
Total beds (1999)	428
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	103,923
Outpatient visits (1999)	318,763
Emergency Department visits (1999)	96,140

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	6	5,913
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	4	4,019
Other HMOs (1998)	2	1,894

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	153,305	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	117,517	76.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,875	1.2
Blacks (1999)	31,662	20.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	405	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,846	1.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,062	1.3

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,565
Avg median household income (1997)	33,653
Persons in poverty (1997)	20,930
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	10
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	14