Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	112
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	106
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	6
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	44
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	7
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	4
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	13
Registered Nurses (1990)	493
Registered Dieticians (1990)	20

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
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)	2
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	0
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	1
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	11,295
Total beds (1999)	505
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	86,372
Outpatient visits (1999)	213,436
Emergency Department visits (1999)	72,215

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	24	19,955
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	10	7,576
Other HMOs (1998)	14	12,379

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	103,367	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	96,777	93.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,055	1.0
Blacks (1999)	4,707	4.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	211	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	617	0.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,124	1.1

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,494
Avg median household income (1997)	31,360
Persons in poverty (1997)	14,505
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	21
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	13