Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	723
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	432
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	291
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	128
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	33
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	16
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	14
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,392
Registered Dieticians (1990)	82

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	2
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	31,447
Total beds (1999)	955
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	30
Inpatient days (1999)	210,224
Outpatient visits (1999)	696,162
Emergency Department visits (1999)	97,640

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	17	24,261
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	12	24,183
Other HMOs (1998)	5	78

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	178,126	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	170,735	95.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,186	0.7
Blacks (1999)	3,967	2.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	286	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,952	1.1
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,300	0.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,750
Avg median household income (1997)	29,322
Persons in poverty (1997)	27,569
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	14
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	18