Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	338
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	309
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	29
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	112
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	20
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	8
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	9
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,309
Registered Dieticians (1990)	112

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	9
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	6
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	30,133
Total beds (1999)	809
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	157,461
Outpatient visits (1999)	448,704
Emergency Department visits (1999)	129,721

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	12	8,786
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	6	8,760
Other HMOs (1998)	6	26

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	257,880	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	200,873	77.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	6,024	2.3
Blacks (1999)	43,679	16.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	2,669	1.0
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	4,635	1.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	7,232	2.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,760
Avg median household income (1997)	29,318
Persons in poverty (1997)	43,968
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	13
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	13