Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	1,193
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	1,015
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	178
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	374
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	71
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	24
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	2
Registered Nurses (1990)	3,178
Registered Dieticians (1990)	165

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	10
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	2
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	7
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	65,683
Total beds (1999)	1,807
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	36
Inpatient days (1999)	376,602
Outpatient visits (1999)	782,130
Emergency Department visits (1999)	277,637

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	54	216,829
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	38	137,695
Other HMOs (1998)	16	79,134

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	668,695	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	423,917	63.4
Hispanic Whites (1999)	10,126	1.5
Blacks (1999)	225,536	33.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,235	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	7,881	1.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	11,686	1.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,598
Avg median household income (1997)	34,974
Persons in poverty (1997)	101,764
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	10
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	20