Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	57
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	53
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	4
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	33
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	4
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	0
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	2
Registered Nurses (1990)	266
Registered Dieticians (1990)	14

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	0
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)	0
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	0
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	0
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	7,269
Total beds (1999)	438
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	116,269
Outpatient visits (1999)	99,726
Emergency Department visits (1999)	38,315

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	3	1
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	0	0
Other HMOs (1998)	3	1

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	79,017	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	48,168	61.0
Hispanic Whites (1999)	535	0.7
Blacks (1999)	28,628	36.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	223	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,463	1.9
Total Hispanics (1999)	651	0.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	17,133
Avg median household income (1997)	26,059
Persons in poverty (1997)	14,672
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	14
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	21