Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	685
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	612
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	73
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	234
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	43
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	18
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	8
Registered Nurses (1990)	2,557
Registered Dieticians (1990)	120

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	6
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	1
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	51,792
Total beds (1999)	1,217
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	44
Inpatient days (1999)	274,037
Outpatient visits (1999)	619,091
Emergency Department visits (1999)	183,219

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	12	37,006
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	6	25,972
Other HMOs (1998)	6	11,034

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	424,726	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	334,915	78.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	6,147	1.4
Blacks (1999)	74,866	17.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	2,463	0.6
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	6,335	1.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	7,034	1.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	24,260
Avg median household income (1997)	39,736
Persons in poverty (1997)	50,525
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	11
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	24