Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	122
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	111
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	11
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	48
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	9
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	2
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	8
Registered Nurses (1990)	624
Registered Dieticians (1990)	14

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
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)	3
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	11,733
Total beds (1999)	385
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	10
Inpatient days (1999)	61,458
Outpatient visits (1999)	206,498
Emergency Department visits (1999)	55,735

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	8	648
Traditional HMOs (1998)	1	2
IPA HMOs (1998)	7	646
Other HMOs (1998)	0	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	118,085	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	78,929	66.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	9,887	8.4
Blacks (1999)	28,174	23.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	407	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	688	0.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	10,986	9.3

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,426
Avg median household income (1997)	27,847
Persons in poverty (1997)	21,779
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	14
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	10