Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	178
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	166
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	12
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	73
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	10
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	5
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	20
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,165
Registered Dieticians (1990)	82

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)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	2
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)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	1
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	11,409
Total beds (1999)	240
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	42,061
Outpatient visits (1999)	268,355
Emergency Department visits (1999)	61,654

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	21	38,123
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	13	26,276
Other HMOs (1998)	8	11,847

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	190,388	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	184,705	97.0
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,002	0.5
Blacks (1999)	3,244	1.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	392	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,045	0.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,097	0.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	24,334
Avg median household income (1997)	38,198
Persons in poverty (1997)	17,355
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