Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	556
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	465
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	91
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	176
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	33
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	13
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	5
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,938
Registered Dieticians (1990)	82

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)	6
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	5
Total admissions (1999)	40,943
Total beds (1999)	1,091
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	10
Inpatient days (1999)	244,061
Outpatient visits (1999)	660,801
Emergency Department visits (1999)	153,282

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	29	36,253
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	29	36,253
Other HMOs (1998)	0	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	346,959	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	266,252	76.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	3,152	0.9
Blacks (1999)	73,944	21.3
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	521	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	3,090	0.9
Total Hispanics (1999)	3,641	1.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,718
Avg median household income (1997)	34,452
Persons in poverty (1997)	41,499
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	18
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	13