Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	24
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	21
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	3
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	14
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	1
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	2
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	7
Registered Nurses (1990)	140
Registered Dieticians (1990)	13

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	3
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)	2
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	4,928
Total beds (1999)	142
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	23,319
Outpatient visits (1999)	182,546
Emergency Department visits (1999)	26,941

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	11	2,700
Traditional HMOs (1998)	5	1,271
IPA HMOs (1998)	4	811
Other HMOs (1998)	2	618

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	50,030	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	36,059	72.1
Hispanic Whites (1999)	722	1.4
Blacks (1999)	6,438	12.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	6,682	13.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	129	0.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	910	1.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	15,412
Avg median household income (1997)	23,402
Persons in poverty (1997)	11,545
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	15
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	9