Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	2,121
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	1,705
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	416
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	594
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	142
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	42
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	30
Registered Nurses (1990)	7,441
Registered Dieticians (1990)	340

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	7
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	3
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	6
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	7
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	6
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	6
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	7
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	5
Total admissions (1999)	81,684
Total beds (1999)	1,696
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	418,377
Outpatient visits (1999)	910,252
Emergency Department visits (1999)	281,026

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	53	193,536
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	49	193,520
Other HMOs (1998)	4	16

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	992,515	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	640,227	64.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	26,112	2.6
Blacks (1999)	281,259	28.3
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	3,885	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	41,032	4.1
Total Hispanics (1999)	34,533	3.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	24,326
Avg median household income (1997)	39,965
Persons in poverty (1997)	128,211
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	20