Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	256
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	236
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	20
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	103
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	8
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	5
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	66
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,418
Registered Dieticians (1990)	91

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Total admissions (1999)	25,236
Total beds (1999)	554
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	6
Inpatient days (1999)	118,034
Outpatient visits (1999)	665,708
Emergency Department visits (1999)	112,684

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	10	65,284
Traditional HMOs (1998)	1	4,448
IPA HMOs (1998)	4	36,838
Other HMOs (1998)	5	23,998

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	267,259	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	229,131	85.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	8,333	3.1
Blacks (1999)	26,198	9.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	2,286	0.9
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,311	0.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	9,171	3.4

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,225
Avg median household income (1997)	33,990
Persons in poverty (1997)	37,344
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	11