Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	160
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	144
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	16
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	61
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	9
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	4
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	3
Registered Nurses (1990)	360
Registered Dieticians (1990)	11

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)	2
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	14,338
Total beds (1999)	382
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	3
Inpatient days (1999)	70,336
Outpatient visits (1999)	217,482
Emergency Department visits (1999)	82,869

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	28	11,903
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	10	4,900
Other HMOs (1998)	18	7,003

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	123,875	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	119,899	96.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,101	0.9
Blacks (1999)	1,821	1.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	178	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	876	0.7
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,123	0.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,836
Avg median household income (1997)	27,913
Persons in poverty (1997)	18,917
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	28
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	12