Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	760
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	602
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	158
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	309
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	36
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	20
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	15
Registered Nurses (1990)	7,964
Registered Dieticians (1990)	438

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Total admissions (1999)	18,113
Total beds (1999)	456
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	10
Inpatient days (1999)	86,711
Outpatient visits (1999)	199,810
Emergency Department visits (1999)	63,334

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	131	211,074
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	101	196,419
Other HMOs (1998)	30	14,655

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	795,873	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	585,873	73.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	9,322	1.2
Blacks (1999)	182,453	22.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	3,003	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	15,222	1.9
Total Hispanics (1999)	11,207	1.4

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	27,674
Avg median household income (1997)	46,515
Persons in poverty (1997)	68,079
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	2
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	10
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	22