Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	876
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	571
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	305
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	227
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	40
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	20
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	5
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,844
Registered Dieticians (1990)	68

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	3
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	23,092
Total beds (1999)	724
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	16
Inpatient days (1999)	177,412
Outpatient visits (1999)	479,044
Emergency Department visits (1999)	81,835

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	11	134,211
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	7	11,611
Other HMOs (1998)	4	122,600

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	230,188	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	222,643	96.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,048	0.9
Blacks (1999)	1,813	0.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	882	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	2,802	1.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,333	1.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	26,061
Avg median household income (1997)	42,994
Persons in poverty (1997)	18,797
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	2
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	28