Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	253
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	223
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	30
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	90
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	11
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	7
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	4
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,311
Registered Dieticians (1990)	80

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Total admissions (1999)	17,200
Total beds (1999)	680
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	7
Inpatient days (1999)	146,173
Outpatient visits (1999)	499,607
Emergency Department visits (1999)	82,666

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	11	7,421
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	4	2,449
Other HMOs (1998)	7	4,972

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	165,740	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	149,158	90.0
Hispanic Whites (1999)	3,968	2.4
Blacks (1999)	8,106	4.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	3,095	1.9
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,413	0.9
Total Hispanics (1999)	5,752	3.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,879
Avg median household income (1997)	32,606
Persons in poverty (1997)	24,707
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	11
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	15