Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	195
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	181
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	14
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	76
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	10
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	7
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	6
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,020
Registered Dieticians (1990)	37

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)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Total admissions (1999)	15,979
Total beds (1999)	438
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	10
Inpatient days (1999)	85,807
Outpatient visits (1999)	548,611
Emergency Department visits (1999)	85,837

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	26	2,490
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	5	393
Other HMOs (1998)	21	2,097

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	175,468	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	152,956	87.2
Hispanic Whites (1999)	4,287	2.4
Blacks (1999)	14,312	8.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	600	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	3,313	1.9
Total Hispanics (1999)	5,090	2.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,021
Avg median household income (1997)	32,797
Persons in poverty (1997)	23,714
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	18
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	11