Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	652
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	555
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	97
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	187
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	32
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	22
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	21
Registered Nurses (1990)	2,694
Registered Dieticians (1990)	89

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)	2
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	6
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	6
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	33,341
Total beds (1999)	1,335
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	28
Inpatient days (1999)	246,848
Outpatient visits (1999)	551,216
Emergency Department visits (1999)	111,844

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	36	69,761
Traditional HMOs (1998)	1	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	11	20,562
Other HMOs (1998)	24	49,199

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	312,692	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	291,837	93.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,097	0.7
Blacks (1999)	16,185	5.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	558	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	2,015	0.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,402	0.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	25,495
Avg median household income (1997)	38,385
Persons in poverty (1997)	31,542
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	10
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	14