Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	375
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	342
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	33
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	132
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	20
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	16
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	30
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,888
Registered Dieticians (1990)	128

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	10
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	4
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	4
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	10
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	8
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	9
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	9
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	10
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	9
Total admissions (1999)	40,747
Total beds (1999)	1,236
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	35
Inpatient days (1999)	222,980
Outpatient visits (1999)	966,180
Emergency Department visits (1999)	160,683

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	49	14,428
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	34	12,178
Other HMOs (1998)	15	2,250

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	309,066	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	280,205	90.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,074	0.7
Blacks (1999)	24,567	7.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	747	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,473	0.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,391	0.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,207
Avg median household income (1997)	27,814
Persons in poverty (1997)	55,820
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	22
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	10