Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	439
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	294
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	145
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	104
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	24
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	8
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	7
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,565
Registered Dieticians (1990)	107

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	2
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	35,093
Total beds (1999)	942
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	199,020
Outpatient visits (1999)	602,057
Emergency Department visits (1999)	76,108

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	33	67,142
Traditional HMOs (1998)	2	9,048
IPA HMOs (1998)	17	29,510
Other HMOs (1998)	14	28,584

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	223,145	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	149,223	66.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	16,859	7.6
Blacks (1999)	51,588	23.1
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,543	0.7
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	3,932	1.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	19,017	8.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,610
Avg median household income (1997)	34,559
Persons in poverty (1997)	34,091
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	15