Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	131
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	114
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	17
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	49
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	10
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	2
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	3
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,023
Registered Dieticians (1990)	31

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	0
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	17,194
Total beds (1999)	912
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	252,830
Outpatient visits (1999)	502,828
Emergency Department visits (1999)	70,057

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	19	18,897
Traditional HMOs (1998)	2	170
IPA HMOs (1998)	4	185
Other HMOs (1998)	13	18,542

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	130,064	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	118,176	90.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,033	1.6
Blacks (1999)	8,814	6.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	235	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	806	0.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,254	1.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,505
Avg median household income (1997)	32,433
Persons in poverty (1997)	17,385
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	11
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	10