Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	100
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	92
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	8
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	48
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	5
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	0
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	5
Registered Nurses (1990)	459
Registered Dieticians (1990)	50

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
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)	5
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)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	17,213
Total beds (1999)	540
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	120,708
Outpatient visits (1999)	161,440
Emergency Department visits (1999)	68,219

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	4	215
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	4	215
Other HMOs (1998)	0	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	121,113	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	40,694	33.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	613	0.5
Blacks (1999)	79,145	65.3
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	123	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	538	0.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	931	0.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	16,277
Avg median household income (1997)	20,460
Persons in poverty (1997)	35,344
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	25
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	14