Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	329
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	294
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	35
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	104
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	14
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	13
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	12
Registered Nurses (1990)	866
Registered Dieticians (1990)	38

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	2
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	1
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	16,541
Total beds (1999)	401
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	91,109
Outpatient visits (1999)	152,182
Emergency Department visits (1999)	70,283

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	25	37,620
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	15	25,601
Other HMOs (1998)	10	12,019

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	189,900	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	153,525	80.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	6,256	3.3
Blacks (1999)	27,788	14.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	502	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,829	1.0
Total Hispanics (1999)	7,015	3.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	29,129
Avg median household income (1997)	36,372
Persons in poverty (1997)	26,228
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	18