Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	661
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	584
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	77
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	265
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	23
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	17
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	2
Registered Nurses (1990)	2,862
Registered Dieticians (1990)	151

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	18
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	8
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	3
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	11
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	11
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	7
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Total admissions (1999)	45,381
Total beds (1999)	1,971
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	34
Inpatient days (1999)	485,239
Outpatient visits (1999)	544,700
Emergency Department visits (1999)	124,515

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	23	66,911
Traditional HMOs (1998)	1	38
IPA HMOs (1998)	12	54,157
Other HMOs (1998)	10	12,716

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	367,094	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	349,896	95.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,729	0.7
Blacks (1999)	2,462	0.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	9,333	2.5
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	2,674	0.7
Total Hispanics (1999)	3,067	0.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,187
Avg median household income (1997)	34,847
Persons in poverty (1997)	42,887
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	15