Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	362
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	293
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	69
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	116
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	19
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	9
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	33
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,799
Registered Dieticians (1990)	84

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	8
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	8
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	6
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	8
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	8
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	6
Total admissions (1999)	32,557
Total beds (1999)	1,142
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	23
Inpatient days (1999)	245,714
Outpatient visits (1999)	781,230
Emergency Department visits (1999)	104,263

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	27	57,627
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	14	55,095
Other HMOs (1998)	13	2,532

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	197,337	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	190,841	96.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	774	0.4
Blacks (1999)	4,751	2.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	208	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	763	0.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	870	0.4

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,544
Avg median household income (1997)	29,041
Persons in poverty (1997)	30,399
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	12
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	11