Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	176
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	152
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	24
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	74
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	13
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	4
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	26
Registered Nurses (1990)	794
Registered Dieticians (1990)	22

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)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Total admissions (1999)	24,746
Total beds (1999)	717
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	10
Inpatient days (1999)	172,337
Outpatient visits (1999)	710,509
Emergency Department visits (1999)	88,860

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	17	9,752
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	12	9,449
Other HMOs (1998)	5	303

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	139,137	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	135,811	97.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,236	0.9
Blacks (1999)	1,392	1.0
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	223	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	475	0.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,294	0.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,271
Avg median household income (1997)	27,159
Persons in poverty (1997)	25,657
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	17
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	12