Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	53
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	51
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	2
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	29
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	6
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	0
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	1
Registered Nurses (1990)	288
Registered Dieticians (1990)	30

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	3
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	0
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	9,166
Total beds (1999)	454
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	12
Inpatient days (1999)	109,902
Outpatient visits (1999)	143,129
Emergency Department visits (1999)	39,496

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	5	3,946
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	3	3,387
Other HMOs (1998)	2	559

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	71,070	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	47,341	66.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,450	2.0
Blacks (1999)	21,629	30.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	158	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	492	0.7
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,653	2.3

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	18,098
Avg median household income (1997)	24,864
Persons in poverty (1997)	18,061
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	10
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	24
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	9