Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	377
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	319
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	58
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	134
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	22
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	12
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	19
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,638
Registered Dieticians (1990)	23

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	3
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	17,537
Total beds (1999)	475
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	93,478
Outpatient visits (1999)	329,241
Emergency Department visits (1999)	50,940

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	27	52,330
Traditional HMOs (1998)	2	1,351
IPA HMOs (1998)	18	44,240
Other HMOs (1998)	7	6,739

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	224,865	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	210,312	93.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	5,456	2.4
Blacks (1999)	4,478	2.0
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	334	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	4,285	1.9
Total Hispanics (1999)	5,890	2.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	36,057
Avg median household income (1997)	62,407
Persons in poverty (1997)	10,459
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	28