Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	70
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	60
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	10
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	26
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	3
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	2
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	1
Registered Nurses (1990)	164
Registered Dieticians (1990)	0

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	2
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)	2
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)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	5,831
Total beds (1999)	178
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	31,058
Outpatient visits (1999)	399,171
Emergency Department visits (1999)	36,740

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	19	739
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	6	238
Other HMOs (1998)	13	501

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	48,226	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	46,963	97.4
Hispanic Whites (1999)	259	0.5
Blacks (1999)	783	1.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	59	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	162	0.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	271	0.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	13,882
Avg median household income (1997)	23,000
Persons in poverty (1997)	11,765
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	33
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	11