Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	981
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	472
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	509
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	160
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	62
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	19
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	6
Registered Nurses (1990)	2,414
Registered Dieticians (1990)	102

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	2
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	37,448
Total beds (1999)	956
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	8
Inpatient days (1999)	201,338
Outpatient visits (1999)	940,736
Emergency Department visits (1999)	102,495

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	14	25,213
Traditional HMOs (1998)	1	5,779
IPA HMOs (1998)	6	9,708
Other HMOs (1998)	6	9,644

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	248,469	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	152,152	61.2
Hispanic Whites (1999)	42,607	17.1
Blacks (1999)	46,407	18.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,034	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	6,269	2.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	45,602	18.4

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	24,303
Avg median household income (1997)	39,119
Persons in poverty (1997)	32,958
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	10
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	19