Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	464
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	351
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	113
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	136
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	23
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	22
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	42
Registered Nurses (1990)	2,046
Registered Dieticians (1990)	131

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)	2
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	8
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)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	7
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Total admissions (1999)	44,609
Total beds (1999)	1,118
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	20
Inpatient days (1999)	279,347
Outpatient visits (1999)	814,728
Emergency Department visits (1999)	101,309

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	7	52,385
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	1	6,916
Other HMOs (1998)	6	45,469

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	302,723	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	241,777	79.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	16,710	5.5
Blacks (1999)	40,357	13.3
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,541	0.5
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	2,338	0.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	18,740	6.2

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,740
Avg median household income (1997)	36,022
Persons in poverty (1997)	42,834
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	10
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	12