Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	1,598
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	1,042
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	556
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	302
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	79
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	54
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	29
Registered Nurses (1990)	4,164
Registered Dieticians (1990)	226

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	12
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	4
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	5
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	10
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	4
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	9
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	8
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	8
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	6
Total admissions (1999)	84,280
Total beds (1999)	2,575
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	33
Inpatient days (1999)	545,689
Outpatient visits (1999)	2131446
Emergency Department visits (1999)	324,826

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	56	55,890
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	43	55,003
Other HMOs (1998)	13	887

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	533,110	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	321,208	60.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	10,035	1.9
Blacks (1999)	189,667	35.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,243	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	10,957	2.1
Total Hispanics (1999)	11,979	2.2

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,107
Avg median household income (1997)	35,033
Persons in poverty (1997)	90,592
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	13
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	17