Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	1,488
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	1,036
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	452
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	310
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	78
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	42
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	17
Registered Nurses (1990)	3,701
Registered Dieticians (1990)	200

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	16
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	7
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	4
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	14
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	4
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	6
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	0
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	0
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	9
Total admissions (1999)	96,084
Total beds (1999)	3,429
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	47
Inpatient days (1999)	763,926
Outpatient visits (1999)	881,931
Emergency Department visits (1999)	282,144

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	23	22,978
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	6	7,872
Other HMOs (1998)	14	14,784

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	542,435	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	297,393	54.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,632	0.5
Blacks (1999)	238,192	43.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,483	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	2,735	0.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	3,396	0.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,154
Avg median household income (1997)	32,735
Persons in poverty (1997)	91,291
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	12
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	22