Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	141
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	123
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	18
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	60
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	8
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	6
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	0
Registered Nurses (1990)	772
Registered Dieticians (1990)	22

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	3
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	12,298
Total beds (1999)	368
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	7
Inpatient days (1999)	78,944
Outpatient visits (1999)	186,031
Emergency Department visits (1999)	49,904

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	26	39,799
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	14	14,410
Other HMOs (1998)	12	25,389

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	118,554	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	110,588	93.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,052	0.9
Blacks (1999)	5,943	5.0
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	285	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	686	0.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,229	1.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,533
Avg median household income (1997)	35,657
Persons in poverty (1997)	12,449
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	13
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	10