Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	165
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	148
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	17
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	61
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	8
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	7
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	70
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,029
Registered Dieticians (1990)	36

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	2
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	17,107
Total beds (1999)	373
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	88,232
Outpatient visits (1999)	706,930
Emergency Department visits (1999)	55,344

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	46	34,105
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	23	15,434
Other HMOs (1998)	23	18,671

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	201,702	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	190,196	94.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,437	0.7
Blacks (1999)	8,608	4.3
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	619	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	842	0.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,647	0.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,727
Avg median household income (1997)	35,037
Persons in poverty (1997)	21,077
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	16
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	14