Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	609
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	436
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	173
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	157
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	26
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	12
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	10
Registered Nurses (1990)	2,034
Registered Dieticians (1990)	156

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
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)	4
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Total admissions (1999)	30,840
Total beds (1999)	943
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	196,947
Outpatient visits (1999)	451,869
Emergency Department visits (1999)	93,677

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	25	71,645
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	6	116
Other HMOs (1998)	19	71,529

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	267,096	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	231,160	86.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	4,631	1.7
Blacks (1999)	19,508	7.3
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	493	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	11,304	4.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	5,308	2.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,174
Avg median household income (1997)	37,239
Persons in poverty (1997)	29,641
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	27