Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	3,037
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	2,239
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	798
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	721
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	207
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	112
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	23
Registered Nurses (1990)	10,544
Registered Dieticians (1990)	448

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	11
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	3
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	4
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	11
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	3
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	11
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	9
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	8
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	11
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	9
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	8
Total admissions (1999)	111,060
Total beds (1999)	2,490
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	48
Inpatient days (1999)	598,185
Outpatient visits (1999)	2311782
Emergency Department visits (1999)	472,123

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	49	381,820
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	34	216,965
Other HMOs (1998)	15	164,855

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	1,067,580	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	849,329	79.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	86,763	8.1
Blacks (1999)	101,824	9.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	2,506	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	27,158	2.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	100,091	9.4

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	32,871
Avg median household income (1997)	46,672
Persons in poverty (1997)	103,260
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	25