Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	166
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	159
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	7
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	62
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	7
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	7
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	11
Registered Nurses (1990)	711
Registered Dieticians (1990)	20

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	22,750
Total beds (1999)	529
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	24
Inpatient days (1999)	116,322
Outpatient visits (1999)	297,622
Emergency Department visits (1999)	90,564

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	15	1,987
Traditional HMOs (1998)	5	280
IPA HMOs (1998)	7	1,694
Other HMOs (1998)	3	13

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	197,808	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	138,412	70.0
Hispanic Whites (1999)	19,231	9.7
Blacks (1999)	37,053	18.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,668	0.8
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,444	0.7
Total Hispanics (1999)	21,607	10.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	18,507
Avg median household income (1997)	29,309
Persons in poverty (1997)	32,184
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	14
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	13