Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	56
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	54
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	2
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	22
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	3
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	0
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	3
Registered Nurses (1990)	268
Registered Dieticians (1990)	19

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	2
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
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)	0
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	0
Total admissions (1999)	4,637
Total beds (1999)	163
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	24,054
Outpatient visits (1999)	53,501
Emergency Department visits (1999)	25,837

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	11	9,790
Traditional HMOs (1998)	1	2
IPA HMOs (1998)	6	1,438
Other HMOs (1998)	4	8,350

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	59,519	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	41,455	69.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	4,997	8.4
Blacks (1999)	12,315	20.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	227	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	525	0.9
Total Hispanics (1999)	5,403	9.1

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,114
Avg median household income (1997)	28,403
Persons in poverty (1997)	10,740
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	15
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	12