Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	739
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	624
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	115
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	211
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	34
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	29
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	111
Registered Nurses (1990)	4,219
Registered Dieticians (1990)	181

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	12
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	2
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	12
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	6
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	6
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	9
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	6
Total admissions (1999)	56,938
Total beds (1999)	1,841
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	32
Inpatient days (1999)	359,422
Outpatient visits (1999)	1041314
Emergency Department visits (1999)	172,621

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	15	181,507
Traditional HMOs (1998)	1	242
IPA HMOs (1998)	7	117,304
Other HMOs (1998)	7	63,961

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	457,929	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	423,131	92.4
Hispanic Whites (1999)	9,410	2.1
Blacks (1999)	21,010	4.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,235	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	3,143	0.7
Total Hispanics (1999)	10,761	2.3

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,562
Avg median household income (1997)	33,913
Persons in poverty (1997)	61,768
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	15