Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	1,779
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	1,575
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	204
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	573
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	103
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	66
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	34
Registered Nurses (1990)	9,615
Registered Dieticians (1990)	344

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	10
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	2
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	4
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	8
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	7
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	8
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	7
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	8
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	8
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	6
Total admissions (1999)	80,393
Total beds (1999)	1,817
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	34
Inpatient days (1999)	414,388
Outpatient visits (1999)	1465536
Emergency Department visits (1999)	424,682

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	23	433,917
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	11	186,897
Other HMOs (1998)	12	247,020

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	979,895	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	868,006	88.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	51,277	5.2
Blacks (1999)	36,502	3.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	2,219	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	21,891	2.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	74,618	7.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	32,651
Avg median household income (1997)	46,991
Persons in poverty (1997)	88,721
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	26