Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	137
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	128
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	9
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	60
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	8
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	1
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	0
Registered Nurses (1990)	315
Registered Dieticians (1990)	15

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	0
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
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)	1
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	9,560
Total beds (1999)	410
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	100,714
Outpatient visits (1999)	300,789
Emergency Department visits (1999)	48,265

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	9	1,607
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	8	1,606
Other HMOs (1998)	1	1

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	79,116	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	68,941	87.1
Hispanic Whites (1999)	840	1.1
Blacks (1999)	1,232	1.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	7,703	9.7
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	400	0.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	988	1.2

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,832
Avg median household income (1997)	27,625
Persons in poverty (1997)	12,169
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	16
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	15