Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	252
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	241
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	11
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	102
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	16
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	4
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	7
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,381
Registered Dieticians (1990)	69

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	6
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	5
Total admissions (1999)	18,294
Total beds (1999)	834
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	147,160
Outpatient visits (1999)	381,576
Emergency Department visits (1999)	59,792

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	15	17,625
Traditional HMOs (1998)	3	941
IPA HMOs (1998)	2	417
Other HMOs (1998)	10	16,267

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	231,891	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	221,207	95.4
Hispanic Whites (1999)	3,500	1.5
Blacks (1999)	934	0.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	999	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	5,251	2.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	3,873	1.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	25,192
Avg median household income (1997)	43,573
Persons in poverty (1997)	13,548
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	12
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	13