Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	116
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	109
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	7
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	45
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	10
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	3
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	8
Registered Nurses (1990)	477
Registered Dieticians (1990)	32

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	3
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	0
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	0
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	0
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	0
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	0
Total admissions (1999)	10,011
Total beds (1999)	307
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	43,802
Outpatient visits (1999)	158,192
Emergency Department visits (1999)	45,687

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	24	16,948
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	12	10,037
Other HMOs (1998)	12	6,911

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	126,291	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	120,602	95.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	722	0.6
Blacks (1999)	4,352	3.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	279	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	336	0.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	767	0.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,516
Avg median household income (1997)	29,522
Persons in poverty (1997)	18,386
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	25
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	10