Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	530
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	490
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	40
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	186
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	27
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	11
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	11
Registered Nurses (1990)	2,478
Registered Dieticians (1990)	76

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	9
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)	9
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	6
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	8
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	9
Total admissions (1999)	32,773
Total beds (1999)	992
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	227,482
Outpatient visits (1999)	914,494
Emergency Department visits (1999)	123,969

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	24	79,878
Traditional HMOs (1998)	2	38
IPA HMOs (1998)	5	5,945
Other HMOs (1998)	17	73,895

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	370,265	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	355,985	96.1
Hispanic Whites (1999)	5,504	1.5
Blacks (1999)	3,044	0.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,637	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	4,095	1.1
Total Hispanics (1999)	5,843	1.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	24,930
Avg median household income (1997)	42,093
Persons in poverty (1997)	25,388
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	11
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	14