Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	329
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	305
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	24
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	136
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	12
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	13
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	3
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,324
Registered Dieticians (1990)	55

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	2
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	1
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Total admissions (1999)	18,347
Total beds (1999)	383
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	73,952
Outpatient visits (1999)	399,004
Emergency Department visits (1999)	62,937

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	11	92,023
Traditional HMOs (1998)	1	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	2	2,647
Other HMOs (1998)	8	89,376

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	209,312	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	200,700	95.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,116	1.0
Blacks (1999)	384	0.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	2,663	1.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	3,449	1.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,380	1.1

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	26,356
Avg median household income (1997)	45,173
Persons in poverty (1997)	12,145
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	10
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	15