Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	626
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	507
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	119
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	184
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	43
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	22
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	42
Registered Nurses (1990)	3,207
Registered Dieticians (1990)	76

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	2
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	2
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	41,684
Total beds (1999)	863
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	211,591
Outpatient visits (1999)	882,988
Emergency Department visits (1999)	110,728

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	10	64,073
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	7	57,918
Other HMOs (1998)	3	6,155

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	358,211	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	316,875	88.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	22,394	6.3
Blacks (1999)	13,382	3.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	485	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	5,075	1.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	25,989	7.3

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	27,511
Avg median household income (1997)	40,587
Persons in poverty (1997)	31,020
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	12
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	15