Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	251
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	219
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	32
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	87
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	19
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	3
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	35
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,106
Registered Dieticians (1990)	55

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
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)	4
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Total admissions (1999)	18,409
Total beds (1999)	474
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	8
Inpatient days (1999)	76,341
Outpatient visits (1999)	439,588
Emergency Department visits (1999)	79,170

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	10	18,902
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	0	0
Other HMOs (1998)	10	18,902

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	196,768	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	188,234	95.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,691	1.4
Blacks (1999)	1,779	0.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,799	0.9
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	2,265	1.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,946	1.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,205
Avg median household income (1997)	37,611
Persons in poverty (1997)	23,727
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	20