Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	316
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	281
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	35
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	129
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	21
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	10
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	4
Registered Nurses (1990)	800
Registered Dieticians (1990)	48

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	7
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	7
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	6
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Total admissions (1999)	32,228
Total beds (1999)	953
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	27
Inpatient days (1999)	212,408
Outpatient visits (1999)	338,650
Emergency Department visits (1999)	112,034

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	22	14,104
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	10	11,256
Other HMOs (1998)	12	2,848

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	223,452	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	208,798	93.4
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,491	1.1
Blacks (1999)	10,577	4.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	678	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	908	0.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,793	1.2

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	18,705
Avg median household income (1997)	27,619
Persons in poverty (1997)	41,942
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	24
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	10