Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	334
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	297
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	37
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	102
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	17
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	7
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	3
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,411
Registered Dieticians (1990)	127

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	3
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	19,398
Total beds (1999)	530
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	8
Inpatient days (1999)	89,276
Outpatient visits (1999)	317,713
Emergency Department visits (1999)	84,125

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	32	41,657
Traditional HMOs (1998)	6	30,429
IPA HMOs (1998)	7	4,338
Other HMOs (1998)	19	6,890

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	230,741	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	214,965	93.2
Hispanic Whites (1999)	4,629	2.0
Blacks (1999)	3,465	1.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	549	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	7,133	3.1
Total Hispanics (1999)	4,869	2.1

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,992
Avg median household income (1997)	39,158
Persons in poverty (1997)	20,285
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	2
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	23