Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	1,550
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	1,262
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	288
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	405
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	110
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	61
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	161
Registered Nurses (1990)	6,581
Registered Dieticians (1990)	202

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	8
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	4
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	5
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	8
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	4
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	7
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	7
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	7
Total admissions (1999)	100,483
Total beds (1999)	2,092
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	64
Inpatient days (1999)	569,529
Outpatient visits (1999)	1427627
Emergency Department visits (1999)	283,713

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	26	130,836
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	16	125,145
Other HMOs (1998)	10	5,691

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	746,891	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	674,796	90.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	40,645	5.4
Blacks (1999)	18,879	2.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,041	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	11,530	1.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	44,404	5.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	26,704
Avg median household income (1997)	41,302
Persons in poverty (1997)	59,952
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	10
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	17