Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	150
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	134
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	16
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	61
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	8
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	4
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	19
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,448
Registered Dieticians (1990)	42

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	3
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	19,450
Total beds (1999)	521
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	21
Inpatient days (1999)	97,697
Outpatient visits (1999)	303,015
Emergency Department visits (1999)	83,897

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	19	14,310
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	10	12,842
Other HMOs (1998)	9	1,468

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	170,930	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	166,550	97.4
Hispanic Whites (1999)	820	0.5
Blacks (1999)	2,800	1.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	242	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	518	0.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	858	0.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,780
Avg median household income (1997)	32,222
Persons in poverty (1997)	21,919
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	11
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	9