Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	278
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	253
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	25
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	91
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	18
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	10
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	6
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,585
Registered Dieticians (1990)	102

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)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	27,063
Total beds (1999)	646
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	5
Inpatient days (1999)	136,243
Outpatient visits (1999)	511,424
Emergency Department visits (1999)	87,280

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	16	25,139
Traditional HMOs (1998)	3	2,597
IPA HMOs (1998)	6	22,201
Other HMOs (1998)	7	341

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	223,310	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	196,381	87.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	12,185	5.5
Blacks (1999)	12,508	5.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	544	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,692	0.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	12,958	5.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	25,473
Avg median household income (1997)	37,612
Persons in poverty (1997)	24,042
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	14