Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	201
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	176
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	25
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	71
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	12
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	7
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	25
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,262
Registered Dieticians (1990)	28

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	6
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	6
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	5
Total admissions (1999)	18,549
Total beds (1999)	493
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	2
Inpatient days (1999)	97,735
Outpatient visits (1999)	487,397
Emergency Department visits (1999)	75,740

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	7	11,287
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	2	3,741
Other HMOs (1998)	5	7,546

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	205,206	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	194,587	94.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	4,760	2.3
Blacks (1999)	3,839	1.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,052	0.5
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	968	0.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	5,054	2.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,364
Avg median household income (1997)	40,411
Persons in poverty (1997)	19,623
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	10