Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	194
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	178
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	16
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	77
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	17
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	8
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	14
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,320
Registered Dieticians (1990)	87

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	7
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)	6
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	6
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	19,523
Total beds (1999)	675
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	13
Inpatient days (1999)	120,208
Outpatient visits (1999)	423,581
Emergency Department visits (1999)	113,478

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	31	14,625
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	15	748
Other HMOs (1998)	16	13,877

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	209,723	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	200,263	95.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,558	0.7
Blacks (1999)	6,472	3.1
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	410	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,020	0.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,729	0.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,270
Avg median household income (1997)	36,214
Persons in poverty (1997)	19,668
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	10