Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	464
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	445
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	19
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	155
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	26
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	13
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	12
Registered Nurses (1990)	2,077
Registered Dieticians (1990)	101

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	7
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	6
Total admissions (1999)	29,666
Total beds (1999)	720
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	8
Inpatient days (1999)	137,272
Outpatient visits (1999)	703,379
Emergency Department visits (1999)	128,199

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	8	12,861
Traditional HMOs (1998)	1	264
IPA HMOs (1998)	0	0
Other HMOs (1998)	7	12,597

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	297,949	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	284,378	95.4
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,421	0.8
Blacks (1999)	1,471	0.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	5,286	1.8
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	4,393	1.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,969	1.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	26,278
Avg median household income (1997)	43,404
Persons in poverty (1997)	22,648
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	10
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	16