Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	1,493
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	993
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	500
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	297
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	74
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	53
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	2
Registered Nurses (1990)	3,955
Registered Dieticians (1990)	170

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)	2
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	7
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	7
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Total admissions (1999)	75,237
Total beds (1999)	2,052
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	44
Inpatient days (1999)	522,687
Outpatient visits (1999)	450,709
Emergency Department visits (1999)	194,365

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	40	189,842
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	38	189,828
Other HMOs (1998)	2	14

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	468,582	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	373,188	79.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	7,488	1.6
Blacks (1999)	83,242	17.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,016	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	3,648	0.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	8,233	1.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	28,009
Avg median household income (1997)	37,511
Persons in poverty (1997)	49,203
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	13
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	18