Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	149
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	134
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	15
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	57
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	10
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	3
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	9
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,122
Registered Dieticians (1990)	29

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)	0
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)	0
Total admissions (1999)	14,135
Total beds (1999)	535
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	94,831
Outpatient visits (1999)	287,989
Emergency Department visits (1999)	56,121

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	16	52,325
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	9	49,608
Other HMOs (1998)	7	2,717

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	146,670	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	141,251	96.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	696	0.5
Blacks (1999)	2,955	2.0
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	236	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,532	1.0
Total Hispanics (1999)	773	0.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	26,272
Avg median household income (1997)	41,307
Persons in poverty (1997)	10,553
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	13