Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	187
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	158
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	29
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	67
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	7
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	4
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	20
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,118
Registered Dieticians (1990)	75

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
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)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	19,132
Total beds (1999)	400
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	2
Inpatient days (1999)	103,482
Outpatient visits (1999)	439,345
Emergency Department visits (1999)	61,001

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	24	4,108
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	13	1,816
Other HMOs (1998)	11	2,292

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	147,700	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	140,728	95.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	804	0.5
Blacks (1999)	5,242	3.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	295	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	631	0.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	932	0.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,578
Avg median household income (1997)	32,163
Persons in poverty (1997)	18,987
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	12
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	12