Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	148
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	136
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	12
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	58
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	7
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	3
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	8
Registered Nurses (1990)	651
Registered Dieticians (1990)	29

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)	0
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)	1
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
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)	3
Total admissions (1999)	13,453
Total beds (1999)	470
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	86,203
Outpatient visits (1999)	220,998
Emergency Department visits (1999)	80,665

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	15	15,275
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	7	9,512
Other HMOs (1998)	8	5,763

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	137,931	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	131,150	95.1
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,994	1.4
Blacks (1999)	3,844	2.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	342	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	601	0.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,117	1.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,321
Avg median household income (1997)	31,672
Persons in poverty (1997)	17,980
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	22
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	10