Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	204
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	192
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	12
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	69
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	13
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	5
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	21
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,453
Registered Dieticians (1990)	43

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	3
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	1
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)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	25,095
Total beds (1999)	697
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	9
Inpatient days (1999)	123,266
Outpatient visits (1999)	423,266
Emergency Department visits (1999)	120,667

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	33	11,537
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	17	4,558
Other HMOs (1998)	16	6,979

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	225,567	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	215,979	95.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	826	0.4
Blacks (1999)	7,511	3.3
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	551	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	700	0.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	946	0.4

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	18,921
Avg median household income (1997)	30,151
Persons in poverty (1997)	32,065
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	10
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	8