Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	252
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	216
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	36
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	92
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	18
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	9
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	30
Registered Nurses (1990)	2,503
Registered Dieticians (1990)	139

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Total admissions (1999)	23,419
Total beds (1999)	582
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	93,867
Outpatient visits (1999)	376,039
Emergency Department visits (1999)	94,419

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	34	149,561
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	19	98,534
Other HMOs (1998)	15	51,027

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	343,616	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	325,238	94.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	4,772	1.4
Blacks (1999)	9,828	2.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	812	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	2,966	0.9
Total Hispanics (1999)	5,109	1.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	25,497
Avg median household income (1997)	51,790
Persons in poverty (1997)	18,633
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	2
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	19