Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	606
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	413
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	193
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	152
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	32
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	18
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	10
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,219
Registered Dieticians (1990)	42

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	0
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)	1
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)	1
Total admissions (1999)	29,965
Total beds (1999)	1,022
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	236,730
Outpatient visits (1999)	590,532
Emergency Department visits (1999)	113,306

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	18	24,583
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	6	19,144
Other HMOs (1998)	12	5,439

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	173,423	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	166,137	95.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,462	0.8
Blacks (1999)	4,647	2.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	287	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	890	0.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,542	0.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,831
Avg median household income (1997)	30,434
Persons in poverty (1997)	23,993
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	18
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	15