Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	352
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	312
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	40
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	123
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	20
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	7
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	5
Registered Nurses (1990)	2,225
Registered Dieticians (1990)	100

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	6
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
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)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Total admissions (1999)	26,307
Total beds (1999)	1,348
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	14
Inpatient days (1999)	354,627
Outpatient visits (1999)	798,032
Emergency Department visits (1999)	88,199

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	10	10,923
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	4	8,918
Other HMOs (1998)	6	2,005

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	208,666	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	196,595	94.2
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,993	1.0
Blacks (1999)	7,446	3.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	546	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	2,086	1.0
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,810	1.3

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,143
Avg median household income (1997)	33,707
Persons in poverty (1997)	29,968
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	15