Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	101
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	90
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	11
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	42
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	7
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	2
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	0
Registered Nurses (1990)	204
Registered Dieticians (1990)	28

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)	1
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	0
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	0
Total admissions (1999)	7,690
Total beds (1999)	235
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	35,810
Outpatient visits (1999)	115,712
Emergency Department visits (1999)	23,855

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	10	5,920
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	6	4,907
Other HMOs (1998)	4	1,013

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	71,451	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	67,022	93.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,534	2.1
Blacks (1999)	1,982	2.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	426	0.6
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	487	0.7
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,667	2.3

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,706
Avg median household income (1997)	29,828
Persons in poverty (1997)	11,266
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	16
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	13