Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	253
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	243
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	10
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	100
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	17
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	4
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	1
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,173
Registered Dieticians (1990)	73

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)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	21,895
Total beds (1999)	753
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	12
Inpatient days (1999)	193,113
Outpatient visits (1999)	396,001
Emergency Department visits (1999)	77,209

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	38	67,604
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	15	32,579
Other HMOs (1998)	23	35,025

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	241,252	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	215,050	89.1
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,841	1.2
Blacks (1999)	18,798	7.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	512	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	4,051	1.7
Total Hispanics (1999)	3,284	1.4

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,732
Avg median household income (1997)	39,441
Persons in poverty (1997)	22,587
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	15
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	16