Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	167
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	151
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	16
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	66
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	17
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	3
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	14
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,453
Registered Dieticians (1990)	82

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	7
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	0
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	7
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	7
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	7
Total admissions (1999)	20,782
Total beds (1999)	731
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	103,694
Outpatient visits (1999)	552,172
Emergency Department visits (1999)	79,145

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	26	6,618
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	8	1,164
Other HMOs (1998)	18	5,454

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	191,095	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	178,380	93.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	7,434	3.9
Blacks (1999)	3,595	1.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	412	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,274	0.7
Total Hispanics (1999)	7,704	4.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,604
Avg median household income (1997)	38,252
Persons in poverty (1997)	17,930
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	12
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	11