Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	481
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	391
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	90
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	154
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	18
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	12
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	12
Registered Nurses (1990)	2,234
Registered Dieticians (1990)	106

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
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)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Total admissions (1999)	24,676
Total beds (1999)	696
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	191,902
Outpatient visits (1999)	318,087
Emergency Department visits (1999)	112,216

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	20	70,709
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	12	24,124
Other HMOs (1998)	8	46,585

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	243,568	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	227,076	93.2
Hispanic Whites (1999)	4,442	1.8
Blacks (1999)	9,214	3.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	602	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	2,234	0.9
Total Hispanics (1999)	5,674	2.3

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	25,943
Avg median household income (1997)	36,561
Persons in poverty (1997)	28,387
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	19