Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	183
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	158
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	25
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	66
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	12
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	5
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	4
Registered Nurses (1990)	960
Registered Dieticians (1990)	92

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)	1
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)	3
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)	15,918
Total beds (1999)	485
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	4
Inpatient days (1999)	84,551
Outpatient visits (1999)	374,525
Emergency Department visits (1999)	58,836

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	16	37,881
Traditional HMOs (1998)	1	48
IPA HMOs (1998)	5	4,065
Other HMOs (1998)	10	33,768

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	139,341	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	130,236	93.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,050	1.5
Blacks (1999)	5,686	4.1
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	419	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	950	0.7
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,231	1.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	25,390
Avg median household income (1997)	41,097
Persons in poverty (1997)	13,193
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	12