Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	1,721
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	1,219
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	502
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	360
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	72
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	55
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	16
Registered Nurses (1990)	3,564
Registered Dieticians (1990)	221

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	11
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	6
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	5
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	7
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	10
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	4
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	6
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	9
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	7
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Total admissions (1999)	91,464
Total beds (1999)	2,327
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	92
Inpatient days (1999)	514,942
Outpatient visits (1999)	1178192
Emergency Department visits (1999)	322,594

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	87	221,041
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	28	76,456
Other HMOs (1998)	59	144,585

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	480,769	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	426,840	88.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	4,722	1.0
Blacks (1999)	42,062	8.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	695	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	6,450	1.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	5,373	1.1

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	25,113
Avg median household income (1997)	35,093
Persons in poverty (1997)	74,749
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	16
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	21