Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	271
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	253
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	18
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	87
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	14
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	6
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	15
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,604
Registered Dieticians (1990)	54

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)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Total admissions (1999)	22,654
Total beds (1999)	858
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	8
Inpatient days (1999)	144,658
Outpatient visits (1999)	308,485
Emergency Department visits (1999)	87,270

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	18	32,813
Traditional HMOs (1998)	3	23,374
IPA HMOs (1998)	6	7,075
Other HMOs (1998)	9	2,364

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	178,609	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	171,859	96.2
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,392	0.8
Blacks (1999)	3,992	2.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	213	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,153	0.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,537	0.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	24,897
Avg median household income (1997)	38,043
Persons in poverty (1997)	16,496
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	12
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	15