Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	753
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	581
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	172
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	187
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	36
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	31
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	55
Registered Nurses (1990)	3,305
Registered Dieticians (1990)	155

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)	2
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	7
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	6
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)	3
Total admissions (1999)	44,286
Total beds (1999)	1,216
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	12
Inpatient days (1999)	293,849
Outpatient visits (1999)	1408766
Emergency Department visits (1999)	121,585

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	19	86,853
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	11	33,084
Other HMOs (1998)	8	53,769

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	357,836	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	341,713	95.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	3,750	1.0
Blacks (1999)	5,466	1.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	744	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	6,163	1.7
Total Hispanics (1999)	4,266	1.2

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,617
Avg median household income (1997)	34,782
Persons in poverty (1997)	46,861
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	18