Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	2,373
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	1,912
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	461
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	602
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	139
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	92
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	55
Registered Nurses (1990)	6,462
Registered Dieticians (1990)	223

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	13
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	6
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)	5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	7
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	5
Total admissions (1999)	138,793
Total beds (1999)	3,128
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	66
Inpatient days (1999)	774,091
Outpatient visits (1999)	1870427
Emergency Department visits (1999)	455,800

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	73	352,277
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	38	205,946
Other HMOs (1998)	35	146,331

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	1,106,276	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	770,155	69.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	30,971	2.8
Blacks (1999)	271,086	24.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	4,362	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	29,702	2.7
Total Hispanics (1999)	39,606	3.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	25,258
Avg median household income (1997)	36,681
Persons in poverty (1997)	139,833
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	17