Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	715
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	595
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	120
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	242
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	29
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	26
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	82
Registered Nurses (1990)	4,237
Registered Dieticians (1990)	179

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	9
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)	8
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	6
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	6
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	6
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	6
Total admissions (1999)	58,897
Total beds (1999)	2,009
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	20
Inpatient days (1999)	436,253
Outpatient visits (1999)	1565740
Emergency Department visits (1999)	164,519

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	14	127,432
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	9	78,686
Other HMOs (1998)	5	48,746

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	404,972	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	393,744	97.2
Hispanic Whites (1999)	3,182	0.8
Blacks (1999)	5,099	1.3
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	317	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	2,630	0.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	3,549	0.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,348
Avg median household income (1997)	32,771
Persons in poverty (1997)	43,452
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	11
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	13