Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	157
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	143
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	14
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	62
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	8
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	4
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	7
Registered Nurses (1990)	859
Registered Dieticians (1990)	58

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)	3
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	13,028
Total beds (1999)	362
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	16
Inpatient days (1999)	72,579
Outpatient visits (1999)	284,214
Emergency Department visits (1999)	60,194

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	15	8,874
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	6	2,973
Other HMOs (1998)	9	5,901

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	140,225	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	128,154	91.4
Hispanic Whites (1999)	3,047	2.2
Blacks (1999)	6,829	4.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,139	0.8
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,056	0.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	3,447	2.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,322
Avg median household income (1997)	35,040
Persons in poverty (1997)	15,721
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	11