Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	108
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	88
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	20
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	41
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	2
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	1
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	2
Registered Nurses (1990)	323
Registered Dieticians (1990)	10

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	2
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	8,206
Total beds (1999)	224
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	7
Inpatient days (1999)	41,527
Outpatient visits (1999)	83,754
Emergency Department visits (1999)	32,051

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	10	4,250
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	4	3,556
Other HMOs (1998)	6	694

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	75,310	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	48,183	64.0
Hispanic Whites (1999)	619	0.8
Blacks (1999)	26,173	34.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	131	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	204	0.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	756	1.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,921
Avg median household income (1997)	28,358
Persons in poverty (1997)	14,785
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	13
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	12