Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	435
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	370
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	65
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	120
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	30
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	10
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	9
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,729
Registered Dieticians (1990)	106

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	7
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	5
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)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	47,481
Total beds (1999)	1,573
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	353,507
Outpatient visits (1999)	1590834
Emergency Department visits (1999)	178,385

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	7	6,416
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	6	6,398
Other HMOs (1998)	1	18

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	233,573	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	175,753	75.2
Hispanic Whites (1999)	5,279	2.3
Blacks (1999)	44,815	19.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	805	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	6,921	3.0
Total Hispanics (1999)	5,852	2.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,842
Avg median household income (1997)	30,128
Persons in poverty (1997)	34,898
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	10
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	16