Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	14
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	12
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	2
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	10
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	0
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	0
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	0
Registered Nurses (1990)	59
Registered Dieticians (1990)	0

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	0
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	1
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)	0
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	0
Total admissions (1999)	2,148
Total beds (1999)	60
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	9,300
Outpatient visits (1999)	14,647
Emergency Department visits (1999)	7,572

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	4	728
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	2	432
Other HMOs (1998)	2	296

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	16,826	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	8,409	50.0
Hispanic Whites (1999)	20	0.1
Blacks (1999)	8,357	49.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	22	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	18	0.1
Total Hispanics (1999)	42	0.2

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	16,727
Avg median household income (1997)	23,676
Persons in poverty (1997)	4,051
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	19
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	10