Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	131
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	123
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	8
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	63
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	4
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	5
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	17
Registered Nurses (1990)	547
Registered Dieticians (1990)	9

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	7
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	0
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	18,479
Total beds (1999)	438
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	78,138
Outpatient visits (1999)	384,380
Emergency Department visits (1999)	67,728

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	23	5,717
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	12	4,873
Other HMOs (1998)	11	844

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	140,172	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	136,443	97.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,283	0.9
Blacks (1999)	1,302	0.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	639	0.5
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	505	0.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,441	1.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	17,064
Avg median household income (1997)	23,725
Persons in poverty (1997)	28,892
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	20
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	9