Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	792
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	703
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	89
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	258
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	45
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	26
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	13
Registered Nurses (1990)	5,789
Registered Dieticians (1990)	282

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Total admissions (1999)	57,455
Total beds (1999)	1,337
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	19
Inpatient days (1999)	333,188
Outpatient visits (1999)	1257869
Emergency Department visits (1999)	293,819

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	17	275,632
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	11	96,677
Other HMOs (1998)	6	178,955

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	603,282	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	556,738	92.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	19,531	3.2
Blacks (1999)	16,259	2.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,572	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	9,182	1.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	22,319	3.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	26,789
Avg median household income (1997)	39,529
Persons in poverty (1997)	68,084
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	18
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	18