Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	1,455
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	928
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	527
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	299
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	56
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	41
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	15
Registered Nurses (1990)	3,627
Registered Dieticians (1990)	183

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	12
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	3
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	4
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	7
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	3
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	6
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	7
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	77,719
Total beds (1999)	2,290
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	18
Inpatient days (1999)	579,350
Outpatient visits (1999)	1869248
Emergency Department visits (1999)	205,633

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	58	72,191
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	34	67,968
Other HMOs (1998)	24	4,223

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	401,409	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	290,358	72.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	14,517	3.6
Blacks (1999)	86,261	21.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,484	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	8,789	2.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	16,580	4.1

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,882
Avg median household income (1997)	29,173
Persons in poverty (1997)	73,171
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	10
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	21