Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	103
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	89
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	14
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	53
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	3
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	2
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	6
Registered Nurses (1990)	720
Registered Dieticians (1990)	36

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	0
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
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)	4
Total admissions (1999)	9,479
Total beds (1999)	314
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	40,884
Outpatient visits (1999)	271,358
Emergency Department visits (1999)	54,811

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	27	13,114
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	11	5,513
Other HMOs (1998)	16	7,601

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	119,041	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	115,691	97.2
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,348	2.0
Blacks (1999)	208	0.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	294	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	500	0.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,447	2.1

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,704
Avg median household income (1997)	38,627
Persons in poverty (1997)	9,611
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	11