Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	323
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	257
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	66
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	85
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	6
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	7
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	5
Registered Nurses (1990)	848
Registered Dieticians (1990)	80

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	3
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)	3
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	17,695
Total beds (1999)	400
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	10
Inpatient days (1999)	86,982
Outpatient visits (1999)	207,877
Emergency Department visits (1999)	59,464

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	13	6,094
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	3	293
Other HMOs (1998)	10	5,801

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	156,816	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	145,875	93.0
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,451	0.9
Blacks (1999)	8,105	5.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	399	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	986	0.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,703	1.1

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,740
Avg median household income (1997)	34,079
Persons in poverty (1997)	20,171
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