Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	761
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	602
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	159
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	214
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	42
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	26
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	58
Registered Nurses (1990)	2,338
Registered Dieticians (1990)	127

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	8
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	2
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	8
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Total admissions (1999)	56,021
Total beds (1999)	1,398
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	38
Inpatient days (1999)	335,123
Outpatient visits (1999)	848,238
Emergency Department visits (1999)	153,544

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	13	61,932
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	10	17,259
Other HMOs (1998)	3	44,673

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	325,672	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	308,546	94.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,276	0.4
Blacks (1999)	13,718	4.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	366	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,766	0.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,484	0.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,559
Avg median household income (1997)	32,039
Persons in poverty (1997)	50,605
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	15
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	14