Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	211
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	196
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	15
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	74
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	21
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	5
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	7
Registered Nurses (1990)	2,196
Registered Dieticians (1990)	85

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	2
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
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)	1
Total admissions (1999)	13,329
Total beds (1999)	220
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	51,585
Outpatient visits (1999)	204,941
Emergency Department visits (1999)	65,421

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	25	92,227
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	20	58,874
Other HMOs (1998)	5	33,353

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	326,047	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	251,140	77.0
Hispanic Whites (1999)	17,940	5.5
Blacks (1999)	43,067	13.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,209	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	12,691	3.9
Total Hispanics (1999)	19,842	6.1

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	29,003
Avg median household income (1997)	58,675
Persons in poverty (1997)	20,722
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	2
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	26