Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	197
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	159
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	38
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	68
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	13
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	3
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	19
Registered Nurses (1990)	475
Registered Dieticians (1990)	33

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	23,826
Total beds (1999)	583
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	11
Inpatient days (1999)	128,746
Outpatient visits (1999)	445,290
Emergency Department visits (1999)	103,722

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	6	1,791
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	3	1,378
Other HMOs (1998)	3	413

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	143,189	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	139,459	97.4
Hispanic Whites (1999)	640	0.4
Blacks (1999)	2,389	1.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	149	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	552	0.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	801	0.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	17,504
Avg median household income (1997)	25,282
Persons in poverty (1997)	33,995
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	11
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	29
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	7