Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	699
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	643
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	56
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	227
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	36
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	31
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	27
Registered Nurses (1990)	2,469
Registered Dieticians (1990)	163

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	6
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	2
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	5
Total admissions (1999)	52,969
Total beds (1999)	1,221
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	15
Inpatient days (1999)	274,637
Outpatient visits (1999)	1001845
Emergency Department visits (1999)	182,262

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	28	82,540
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	21	59,769
Other HMOs (1998)	7	22,771

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	413,824	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	297,583	71.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	7,328	1.8
Blacks (1999)	101,762	24.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,879	0.5
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	5,272	1.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	9,221	2.2

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,470
Avg median household income (1997)	34,151
Persons in poverty (1997)	52,153
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	11
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	15