Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	1,432
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	1,180
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	252
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	417
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	92
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	36
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	7
Registered Nurses (1990)	3,656
Registered Dieticians (1990)	253

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	8
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	7
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	2
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	4
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	8
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	8
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	8
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	8
Total admissions (1999)	82,507
Total beds (1999)	1,933
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	52
Inpatient days (1999)	531,361
Outpatient visits (1999)	1375883
Emergency Department visits (1999)	289,015

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	37	60,478
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	37	60,478
Other HMOs (1998)	0	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	694,936	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	571,829	82.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	8,415	1.2
Blacks (1999)	108,119	15.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,095	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	5,478	0.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	9,104	1.3

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	24,507
Avg median household income (1997)	36,949
Persons in poverty (1997)	73,094
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	14
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	18