Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	332
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	308
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	24
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	113
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	23
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	5
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	10
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,094
Registered Dieticians (1990)	35

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	6
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	29,000
Total beds (1999)	949
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	14
Inpatient days (1999)	253,366
Outpatient visits (1999)	323,916
Emergency Department visits (1999)	113,124

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	27	10,415
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	16	6,826
Other HMOs (1998)	11	3,589

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	248,932	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	215,672	86.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	12,443	5.0
Blacks (1999)	16,488	6.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,083	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	3,246	1.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	13,173	5.3

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,604
Avg median household income (1997)	35,892
Persons in poverty (1997)	29,404
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	18
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	13