Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	211
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	198
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	13
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	93
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	14
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	4
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	2
Registered Nurses (1990)	830
Registered Dieticians (1990)	20

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	16,916
Total beds (1999)	431
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	7
Inpatient days (1999)	80,812
Outpatient visits (1999)	332,006
Emergency Department visits (1999)	66,605

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	24	25,974
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	12	19,615
Other HMOs (1998)	12	6,359

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	164,843	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	159,971	97.0
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,168	0.7
Blacks (1999)	1,813	1.1
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	268	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,623	1.0
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,304	0.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	24,245
Avg median household income (1997)	38,963
Persons in poverty (1997)	14,181
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	2
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	12
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	12