Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	433
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	411
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	22
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	128
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	25
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	25
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	14
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,808
Registered Dieticians (1990)	57

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	2
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	2
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	29,721
Total beds (1999)	796
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	43
Inpatient days (1999)	152,330
Outpatient visits (1999)	256,694
Emergency Department visits (1999)	85,039

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	13	25,970
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	6	11,195
Other HMOs (1998)	7	14,775

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	243,531	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	201,840	82.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	15,033	6.2
Blacks (1999)	23,341	9.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	981	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	2,336	1.0
Total Hispanics (1999)	16,601	6.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	30,440
Avg median household income (1997)	35,063
Persons in poverty (1997)	28,117
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	2
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	16