Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	287
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	252
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	35
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	91
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	11
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	10
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	8
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,317
Registered Dieticians (1990)	65

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)	2
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)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Total admissions (1999)	14,413
Total beds (1999)	429
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	4
Inpatient days (1999)	67,002
Outpatient visits (1999)	225,770
Emergency Department visits (1999)	58,151

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	15	38,916
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	4	8,984
Other HMOs (1998)	11	29,932

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	197,706	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	184,444	93.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,878	1.5
Blacks (1999)	7,196	3.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	399	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	2,789	1.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	3,226	1.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	26,401
Avg median household income (1997)	46,421
Persons in poverty (1997)	15,733
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	25