Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	504
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	446
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	58
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	163
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	15
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	13
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	8
Registered Nurses (1990)	2,027
Registered Dieticians (1990)	137

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	11
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	10
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	9
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	7
Total admissions (1999)	28,023
Total beds (1999)	1,066
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	24
Inpatient days (1999)	234,593
Outpatient visits (1999)	424,778
Emergency Department visits (1999)	67,569

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	26	49,681
Traditional HMOs (1998)	5	2,410
IPA HMOs (1998)	4	3,553
Other HMOs (1998)	17	43,718

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	230,106	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	222,142	96.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,429	0.6
Blacks (1999)	999	0.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	891	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	4,645	2.0
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,835	0.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,219
Avg median household income (1997)	35,457
Persons in poverty (1997)	23,741
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	13
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	16