Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	10
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	10
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	0
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	8
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	0
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	0
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	0
Registered Nurses (1990)	36
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)	1
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)	1
Total admissions (1999)	1,368
Total beds (1999)	66
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	5,776
Outpatient visits (1999)	13,666
Emergency Department visits (1999)	5,061

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	2	198
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	1	196
Other HMOs (1998)	1	2

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	9,042	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	2,728	30.2
Hispanic Whites (1999)	26	0.3
Blacks (1999)	6,272	69.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	12	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	4	0.0
Total Hispanics (1999)	42	0.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	14,647
Avg median household income (1997)	18,282
Persons in poverty (1997)	2,654
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	15
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	30
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	9