Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	440
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	396
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	44
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	165
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	24
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	10
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	7
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,733
Registered Dieticians (1990)	105

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	3
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	34,601
Total beds (1999)	694
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	55
Inpatient days (1999)	145,995
Outpatient visits (1999)	727,090
Emergency Department visits (1999)	82,834

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	40	67,537
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	33	38,323
Other HMOs (1998)	7	29,214

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	307,976	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	257,175	83.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	3,310	1.1
Blacks (1999)	44,223	14.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,045	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	2,223	0.7
Total Hispanics (1999)	3,690	1.2

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,592
Avg median household income (1997)	37,691
Persons in poverty (1997)	30,275
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	14
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	12