Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	230
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	198
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	32
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	92
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	13
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	3
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	6
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,378
Registered Dieticians (1990)	79

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	6
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	0
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	6
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	6
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	6
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Total admissions (1999)	20,149
Total beds (1999)	708
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	24
Inpatient days (1999)	152,346
Outpatient visits (1999)	532,815
Emergency Department visits (1999)	60,823

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	15	41,434
Traditional HMOs (1998)	2	534
IPA HMOs (1998)	8	37,343
Other HMOs (1998)	5	3,557

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	203,703	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	196,092	96.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,792	0.9
Blacks (1999)	2,112	1.0
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	2,427	1.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,280	0.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,136	1.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,587
Avg median household income (1997)	31,524
Persons in poverty (1997)	30,943
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	13