Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	1,140
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	896
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	244
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	318
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	56
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	37
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	68
Registered Nurses (1990)	3,113
Registered Dieticians (1990)	142

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	8
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	7
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	6
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)	7
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Total admissions (1999)	52,125
Total beds (1999)	1,132
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	20
Inpatient days (1999)	297,711
Outpatient visits (1999)	670,824
Emergency Department visits (1999)	174,088

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	21	106,835
Traditional HMOs (1998)	3	55
IPA HMOs (1998)	14	98,191
Other HMOs (1998)	4	8,589

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	362,844	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	353,055	97.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,657	0.7
Blacks (1999)	2,546	0.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	952	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	3,634	1.0
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,983	0.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	28,302
Avg median household income (1997)	39,918
Persons in poverty (1997)	30,344
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	2
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	26