Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	156
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	149
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	7
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	62
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	15
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	5
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	2
Registered Nurses (1990)	426
Registered Dieticians (1990)	4

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	2
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	11,184
Total beds (1999)	315
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	47,035
Outpatient visits (1999)	232,958
Emergency Department visits (1999)	64,424

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	2	24
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	0	0
Other HMOs (1998)	2	24

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	117,142	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	106,223	90.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	5,313	4.5
Blacks (1999)	4,363	3.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	390	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	853	0.7
Total Hispanics (1999)	5,658	4.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,771
Avg median household income (1997)	35,007
Persons in poverty (1997)	13,851
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	21
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	10