Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	2,166
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	1,524
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	642
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	619
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	93
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	75
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	44
Registered Nurses (1990)	9,166
Registered Dieticians (1990)	284

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	10
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)	9
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	7
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	7
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	5
Total admissions (1999)	85,550
Total beds (1999)	1,729
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	31
Inpatient days (1999)	432,133
Outpatient visits (1999)	1922277
Emergency Department visits (1999)	362,877

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	22	472,656
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	12	157,553
Other HMOs (1998)	10	315,103

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	809,435	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	721,738	89.2
Hispanic Whites (1999)	42,240	5.2
Blacks (1999)	22,770	2.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	2,037	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	20,650	2.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	48,425	6.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	28,329
Avg median household income (1997)	40,300
Persons in poverty (1997)	88,089
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	22