Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	430
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	373
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	57
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	133
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	21
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	10
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	10
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,638
Registered Dieticians (1990)	130

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	9
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	2
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	9
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	7
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	31,898
Total beds (1999)	993
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	12
Inpatient days (1999)	229,353
Outpatient visits (1999)	578,161
Emergency Department visits (1999)	116,002

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	32	71,737
Traditional HMOs (1998)	7	23,438
IPA HMOs (1998)	17	15,262
Other HMOs (1998)	8	33,037

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	297,495	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	204,743	68.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	41,609	14.0
Blacks (1999)	47,382	15.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,141	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	2,620	0.9
Total Hispanics (1999)	44,271	14.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,847
Avg median household income (1997)	30,168
Persons in poverty (1997)	54,672
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	13
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	15