Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	1,050
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	841
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	209
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	286
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	59
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	36
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	167
Registered Nurses (1990)	5,510
Registered Dieticians (1990)	342

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	7
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	2
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)	7
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	7
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	5
Total admissions (1999)	78,717
Total beds (1999)	1,699
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	18
Inpatient days (1999)	416,642
Outpatient visits (1999)	1429674
Emergency Department visits (1999)	267,964

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	32	66,447
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	14	57,750
Other HMOs (1998)	18	8,697

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	599,394	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	518,617	86.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	8,690	1.4
Blacks (1999)	67,719	11.3
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	980	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	3,388	0.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	10,077	1.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,194
Avg median household income (1997)	33,337
Persons in poverty (1997)	77,727
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	13