Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	109
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	104
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	5
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	50
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	5
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	1
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	1
Registered Nurses (1990)	373
Registered Dieticians (1990)	36

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	0
Total admissions (1999)	10,489
Total beds (1999)	445
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	111,272
Outpatient visits (1999)	141,965
Emergency Department visits (1999)	39,165

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	24	9,946
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	9	1,007
Other HMOs (1998)	15	8,939

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	99,948	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	93,958	94.0
Hispanic Whites (1999)	510	0.5
Blacks (1999)	5,028	5.0
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	126	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	326	0.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	539	0.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,174
Avg median household income (1997)	29,310
Persons in poverty (1997)	16,393
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	25
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	9