Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	70
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	66
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	4
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	41
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	3
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	1
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	1
Registered Nurses (1990)	475
Registered Dieticians (1990)	9

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	3
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)	2
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	0
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	1
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	0
Total admissions (1999)	8,782
Total beds (1999)	234
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	9
Inpatient days (1999)	43,392
Outpatient visits (1999)	75,753
Emergency Department visits (1999)	25,228

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	16	11,913
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	8	6,681
Other HMOs (1998)	8	5,232

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	109,905	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	57,348	52.2
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,442	1.3
Blacks (1999)	50,377	45.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	202	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	536	0.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,986	1.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	17,916
Avg median household income (1997)	24,970
Persons in poverty (1997)	29,975
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	22
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	9