Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	467
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	403
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	64
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	145
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	21
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	13
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	20
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,925
Registered Dieticians (1990)	120

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	6
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Total admissions (1999)	36,275
Total beds (1999)	1,197
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	11
Inpatient days (1999)	217,935
Outpatient visits (1999)	843,033
Emergency Department visits (1999)	165,098

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	22	19,688
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	11	19,176
Other HMOs (1998)	11	512

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	296,691	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	154,079	51.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	11,239	3.8
Blacks (1999)	124,875	42.1
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,002	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	5,496	1.9
Total Hispanics (1999)	13,539	4.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,937
Avg median household income (1997)	31,299
Persons in poverty (1997)	53,338
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	13
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	14