Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	788
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	698
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	90
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	224
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	35
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	33
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	24
Registered Nurses (1990)	4,070
Registered Dieticians (1990)	156

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	8
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)	4
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Total admissions (1999)	52,533
Total beds (1999)	1,366
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	90
Inpatient days (1999)	287,955
Outpatient visits (1999)	788,427
Emergency Department visits (1999)	180,930

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	34	94,915
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	15	70,401
Other HMOs (1998)	19	24,514

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	495,945	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	441,707	89.1
Hispanic Whites (1999)	10,895	2.2
Blacks (1999)	36,895	7.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,533	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	4,915	1.0
Total Hispanics (1999)	12,394	2.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	26,180
Avg median household income (1997)	42,024
Persons in poverty (1997)	39,796
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	15