Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	18
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	16
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	2
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	9
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	0
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	0
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	4
Registered Nurses (1990)	176
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)	0
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	0
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	3,205
Total beds (1999)	145
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	12,358
Outpatient visits (1999)	31,721
Emergency Department visits (1999)	13,207

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	3	1,550
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	1	1,295
Other HMOs (1998)	2	255

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	27,049	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	10,920	40.4
Hispanic Whites (1999)	385	1.4
Blacks (1999)	15,608	57.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	36	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	100	0.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	533	2.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	15,140
Avg median household income (1997)	18,898
Persons in poverty (1997)	10,273
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	27
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	9