Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	3,229
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	2,287
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	942
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	782
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	175
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	110
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	77
Registered Nurses (1990)	10,596
Registered Dieticians (1990)	430

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	12
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	6
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	4
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	6
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	12
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	11
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	11
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	8
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	12
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	11
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	8
Total admissions (1999)	123,195
Total beds (1999)	2,545
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	52
Inpatient days (1999)	668,486
Outpatient visits (1999)	2729787
Emergency Department visits (1999)	491,461

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	43	413,250
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	33	261,638
Other HMOs (1998)	10	151,612

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	1,153,844	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	997,302	86.4
Hispanic Whites (1999)	62,290	5.4
Blacks (1999)	60,269	5.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	6,388	0.6
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	27,595	2.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	77,403	6.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	28,420
Avg median household income (1997)	39,814
Persons in poverty (1997)	122,033
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	11
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	21