Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	220
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	205
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	15
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	79
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	14
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	5
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	8
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,167
Registered Dieticians (1990)	58

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	2
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	0
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	1
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	0
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	16,184
Total beds (1999)	420
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	20
Inpatient days (1999)	89,511
Outpatient visits (1999)	279,372
Emergency Department visits (1999)	80,852

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	16	5,037
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	8	1,675
Other HMOs (1998)	8	3,362

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	181,580	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	165,582	91.2
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,351	0.7
Blacks (1999)	13,059	7.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	311	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,277	0.7
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,527	0.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,434
Avg median household income (1997)	34,990
Persons in poverty (1997)	18,611
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	12