Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	744
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	495
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	249
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	160
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	42
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	26
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	8
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,763
Registered Dieticians (1990)	64

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	42,059
Total beds (1999)	929
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	35
Inpatient days (1999)	241,397
Outpatient visits (1999)	332,243
Emergency Department visits (1999)	78,647

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	15	21,542
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	15	21,542
Other HMOs (1998)	0	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	222,454	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	137,924	62.0
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,565	1.2
Blacks (1999)	79,828	35.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	406	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,731	0.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	3,121	1.4

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,279
Avg median household income (1997)	29,944
Persons in poverty (1997)	40,039
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	15
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	17