Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	1,204
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	1,097
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	107
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	391
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	78
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	50
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	7
Registered Nurses (1990)	4,645
Registered Dieticians (1990)	208

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	7
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	6
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	6
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	6
Total admissions (1999)	80,092
Total beds (1999)	2,082
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	46
Inpatient days (1999)	503,615
Outpatient visits (1999)	892,239
Emergency Department visits (1999)	271,112

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	37	145,708
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	33	145,689
Other HMOs (1998)	4	19

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	747,929	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	580,477	77.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	9,858	1.3
Blacks (1999)	144,938	19.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	3,411	0.5
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	9,245	1.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	11,292	1.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	25,946
Avg median household income (1997)	37,430
Persons in poverty (1997)	79,103
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	12
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	17