Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	231
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	204
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	27
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	102
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	9
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	2
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	7
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,622
Registered Dieticians (1990)	67

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	7
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	0
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	7
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	6
Total admissions (1999)	20,349
Total beds (1999)	1,096
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	304,111
Outpatient visits (1999)	503,126
Emergency Department visits (1999)	105,899

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	51	45,490
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	40	25,420
Other HMOs (1998)	11	20,070

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	283,584	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	267,711	94.4
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,871	1.0
Blacks (1999)	11,057	3.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	484	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,461	0.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	3,114	1.1

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,777
Avg median household income (1997)	37,474
Persons in poverty (1997)	29,418
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	15
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	13