Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	419
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	370
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	49
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	144
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	31
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	18
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	10
Registered Nurses (1990)	2,589
Registered Dieticians (1990)	130

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	9
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	2
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	9
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	8
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	9
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	5
Total admissions (1999)	41,712
Total beds (1999)	1,203
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	235,069
Outpatient visits (1999)	876,515
Emergency Department visits (1999)	149,607

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	42	154,560
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	22	100,989
Other HMOs (1998)	20	53,571

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	356,621	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	265,195	74.4
Hispanic Whites (1999)	5,990	1.7
Blacks (1999)	81,474	22.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	793	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	3,169	0.9
Total Hispanics (1999)	6,881	1.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,482
Avg median household income (1997)	36,787
Persons in poverty (1997)	50,122
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	13
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	13