Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	539
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	473
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	66
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	166
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	20
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	21
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	34
Registered Nurses (1990)	2,597
Registered Dieticians (1990)	96

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	6
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	2
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	6
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	5
Total admissions (1999)	41,187
Total beds (1999)	941
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	12
Inpatient days (1999)	240,797
Outpatient visits (1999)	609,569
Emergency Department visits (1999)	111,342

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	9	68,605
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	4	48,100
Other HMOs (1998)	5	20,505

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	252,600	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	245,694	97.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,166	0.9
Blacks (1999)	2,389	0.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	226	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	2,125	0.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,298	0.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,866
Avg median household income (1997)	32,349
Persons in poverty (1997)	27,963
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	10
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	14