Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	898
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	555
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	343
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	139
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	41
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	30
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	31
Registered Nurses (1990)	2,266
Registered Dieticians (1990)	126

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	7
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	4
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	5
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	7
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	3
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	7
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	6
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	7
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	6
Total admissions (1999)	39,092
Total beds (1999)	1,251
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	16
Inpatient days (1999)	236,355
Outpatient visits (1999)	1204785
Emergency Department visits (1999)	94,989

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	37	46,785
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	21	28,472
Other HMOs (1998)	16	18,313

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	210,523	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	185,048	87.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,246	1.1
Blacks (1999)	17,319	8.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	665	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	5,245	2.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,593	1.2

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,044
Avg median household income (1997)	34,793
Persons in poverty (1997)	24,329
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	2
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	27