Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	293
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	258
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	35
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	111
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	15
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	9
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	10
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,273
Registered Dieticians (1990)	132

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)	2
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Total admissions (1999)	26,068
Total beds (1999)	599
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	16
Inpatient days (1999)	126,987
Outpatient visits (1999)	534,305
Emergency Department visits (1999)	74,277

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	33	23,068
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	11	10,493
Other HMOs (1998)	22	12,575

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	203,200	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	191,399	94.2
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,753	0.9
Blacks (1999)	7,713	3.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	559	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,776	0.9
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,070	1.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,691
Avg median household income (1997)	32,260
Persons in poverty (1997)	25,647
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	14