Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	1,739
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	1,302
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	437
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	497
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	91
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	62
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	130
Registered Nurses (1990)	7,999
Registered Dieticians (1990)	540

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	8
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	3
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	5
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	7
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	6
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	7
Total admissions (1999)	100,160
Total beds (1999)	2,885
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	38
Inpatient days (1999)	645,628
Outpatient visits (1999)	2276291
Emergency Department visits (1999)	326,804

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	37	397,187
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	18	366,036
Other HMOs (1998)	19	31,151

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	812,550	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	667,767	82.2
Hispanic Whites (1999)	7,089	0.9
Blacks (1999)	124,211	15.3
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,767	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	11,716	1.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	8,435	1.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	26,349
Avg median household income (1997)	38,936
Persons in poverty (1997)	81,268
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	20