Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	171
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	146
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	25
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	66
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	8
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	3
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	0
Registered Nurses (1990)	900
Registered Dieticians (1990)	58

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	3
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	0
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	11,147
Total beds (1999)	283
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	5
Inpatient days (1999)	49,096
Outpatient visits (1999)	263,399
Emergency Department visits (1999)	54,471

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	32	33,985
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	16	9,258
Other HMOs (1998)	16	24,727

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	146,591	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	141,383	96.4
Hispanic Whites (1999)	868	0.6
Blacks (1999)	3,655	2.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	260	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	425	0.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	922	0.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,130
Avg median household income (1997)	36,545
Persons in poverty (1997)	15,208
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	13
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	11