Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	318
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	303
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	15
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	122
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	19
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	5
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	18
Registered Nurses (1990)	2,284
Registered Dieticians (1990)	96

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	6
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	3
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)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Total admissions (1999)	33,050
Total beds (1999)	828
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	22
Inpatient days (1999)	150,254
Outpatient visits (1999)	785,817
Emergency Department visits (1999)	142,164

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	23	2,176
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	13	1,413
Other HMOs (1998)	10	763

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	292,032	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	270,727	92.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	4,737	1.6
Blacks (1999)	14,441	4.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	582	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,545	0.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	5,143	1.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,574
Avg median household income (1997)	37,482
Persons in poverty (1997)	24,733
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	10