Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	2,404
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	1,994
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	410
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	700
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	138
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	94
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	75
Registered Nurses (1990)	8,968
Registered Dieticians (1990)	306

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	7
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	6
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	6
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	6
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	5
Total admissions (1999)	127,156
Total beds (1999)	2,813
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	53
Inpatient days (1999)	726,718
Outpatient visits (1999)	2256470
Emergency Department visits (1999)	372,375

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	32	290,978
Traditional HMOs (1998)	2	10,231
IPA HMOs (1998)	22	203,316
Other HMOs (1998)	8	77,431

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	1,108,977	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	939,519	84.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	53,096	4.8
Blacks (1999)	77,301	7.0
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	2,004	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	37,057	3.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	59,861	5.4

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	31,679
Avg median household income (1997)	50,837
Persons in poverty (1997)	78,569
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	23