Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	254
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	240
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	14
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	105
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	11
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	6
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	3
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,089
Registered Dieticians (1990)	26

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
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)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	22,101
Total beds (1999)	725
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	6
Inpatient days (1999)	162,719
Outpatient visits (1999)	327,587
Emergency Department visits (1999)	107,798

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	32	32,540
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	17	22,909
Other HMOs (1998)	15	9,631

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	206,283	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	196,088	95.1
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,731	0.8
Blacks (1999)	6,296	3.1
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	713	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,455	0.7
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,865	0.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,026
Avg median household income (1997)	30,464
Persons in poverty (1997)	32,920
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	21
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	12