Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	1,298
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	896
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	402
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	279
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	84
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	41
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	1
Registered Nurses (1990)	3,374
Registered Dieticians (1990)	184

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	15
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	3
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	8
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	8
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Total admissions (1999)	74,010
Total beds (1999)	1,963
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	10
Inpatient days (1999)	429,117
Outpatient visits (1999)	1305414
Emergency Department visits (1999)	208,538

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	40	73,307
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	20	38,276
Other HMOs (1998)	20	35,031

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	473,318	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	286,354	60.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	6,933	1.5
Blacks (1999)	174,878	36.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	2,016	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	3,137	0.7
Total Hispanics (1999)	8,460	1.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,894
Avg median household income (1997)	29,461
Persons in poverty (1997)	90,703
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	12
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	16