Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	162
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	152
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	10
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	57
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	9
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	3
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	4
Registered Nurses (1990)	848
Registered Dieticians (1990)	46

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)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
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)	2
Total admissions (1999)	15,517
Total beds (1999)	469
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	89,746
Outpatient visits (1999)	296,468
Emergency Department visits (1999)	44,114

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	10	7,990
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	1	1,060
Other HMOs (1998)	9	6,930

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	133,536	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	118,324	88.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,857	2.1
Blacks (1999)	11,231	8.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	397	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	727	0.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	3,083	2.3

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,871
Avg median household income (1997)	37,091
Persons in poverty (1997)	14,287
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	10
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	11