Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	263
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	216
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	47
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	77
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	10
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	12
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	11
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,071
Registered Dieticians (1990)	45

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Total admissions (1999)	18,251
Total beds (1999)	718
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	20
Inpatient days (1999)	167,840
Outpatient visits (1999)	611,973
Emergency Department visits (1999)	76,152

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	9	47,769
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	5	37,337
Other HMOs (1998)	4	10,432

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	153,483	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	147,926	96.4
Hispanic Whites (1999)	980	0.6
Blacks (1999)	3,407	2.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	297	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	873	0.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,096	0.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,316
Avg median household income (1997)	32,137
Persons in poverty (1997)	18,708
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	12