Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	355
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	320
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	35
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	124
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	17
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	10
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	47
Registered Nurses (1990)	2,242
Registered Dieticians (1990)	132

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)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	18,359
Total beds (1999)	546
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	20
Inpatient days (1999)	122,947
Outpatient visits (1999)	360,726
Emergency Department visits (1999)	107,581

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	15	58,730
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	10	45,859
Other HMOs (1998)	5	12,871

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	288,255	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	280,447	97.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,617	0.9
Blacks (1999)	1,424	0.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	649	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	3,118	1.1
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,951	1.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	24,018
Avg median household income (1997)	39,549
Persons in poverty (1997)	24,398
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	20