Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	185
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	163
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	22
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	71
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	7
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	3
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	43
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,102
Registered Dieticians (1990)	69

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	3
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)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	0
Total admissions (1999)	20,940
Total beds (1999)	541
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	22
Inpatient days (1999)	110,023
Outpatient visits (1999)	458,143
Emergency Department visits (1999)	73,717

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	9	24,758
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	1	1,480
Other HMOs (1998)	8	23,278

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	182,089	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	172,703	94.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	4,999	2.7
Blacks (1999)	1,981	1.1
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,327	0.7
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,079	0.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	5,296	2.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,671
Avg median household income (1997)	32,721
Persons in poverty (1997)	25,066
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	11
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	10