Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	977
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	596
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	381
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	201
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	48
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	25
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	12
Registered Nurses (1990)	2,247
Registered Dieticians (1990)	74

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	11
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	10
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	9
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	7
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	9
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	9
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	7
Total admissions (1999)	34,651
Total beds (1999)	1,128
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	21
Inpatient days (1999)	265,986
Outpatient visits (1999)	932,456
Emergency Department visits (1999)	119,119

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	20	76,682
Traditional HMOs (1998)	2	63
IPA HMOs (1998)	6	38,810
Other HMOs (1998)	12	37,809

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	258,439	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	252,139	97.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,475	1.0
Blacks (1999)	1,045	0.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	557	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	2,223	0.9
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,621	1.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	25,865
Avg median household income (1997)	37,180
Persons in poverty (1997)	24,038
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	23