Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	544
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	467
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	77
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	136
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	31
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	24
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	1
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,510
Registered Dieticians (1990)	29

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	9
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)	7
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	3
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	6
Total admissions (1999)	39,073
Total beds (1999)	951
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	8
Inpatient days (1999)	210,759
Outpatient visits (1999)	461,064
Emergency Department visits (1999)	130,677

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	18	52,881
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	14	28,615
Other HMOs (1998)	4	24,266

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	284,076	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	229,572	80.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	5,857	2.1
Blacks (1999)	46,020	16.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	993	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,634	0.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	6,367	2.2

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,094
Avg median household income (1997)	37,655
Persons in poverty (1997)	37,539
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	11
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	19