Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	35
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	32
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	3
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	21
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	0
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	0
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	2
Registered Nurses (1990)	294
Registered Dieticians (1990)	17

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	0
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	0
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	0
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	1
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	0
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	0
Total admissions (1999)	1,420
Total beds (1999)	46
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	7,364
Outpatient visits (1999)	8,095
Emergency Department visits (1999)	4,656

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	7	6,630
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	6	4,145
Other HMOs (1998)	1	2,485

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	54,109	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	52,502	97.0
Hispanic Whites (1999)	500	0.9
Blacks (1999)	962	1.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	61	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	84	0.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	519	1.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	18,855
Avg median household income (1997)	27,720
Persons in poverty (1997)	8,161
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	28
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	7