Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	1,948
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	1,377
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	571
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	471
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	94
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	67
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	23
Registered Nurses (1990)	6,034
Registered Dieticians (1990)	395

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)	3
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	7
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Total admissions (1999)	82,654
Total beds (1999)	2,086
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	17
Inpatient days (1999)	552,708
Outpatient visits (1999)	1536917
Emergency Department visits (1999)	224,920

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	18	133,984
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	11	49,229
Other HMOs (1998)	7	84,755

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	661,793	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	589,944	89.1
Hispanic Whites (1999)	9,976	1.5
Blacks (1999)	45,950	6.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	4,414	0.7
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	11,509	1.7
Total Hispanics (1999)	12,584	1.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	24,462
Avg median household income (1997)	37,590
Persons in poverty (1997)	84,832
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	21