Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	112
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	101
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	11
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	53
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	12
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	1
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	5
Registered Nurses (1990)	678
Registered Dieticians (1990)	35

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)	1
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	8,763
Total beds (1999)	313
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	33,736
Outpatient visits (1999)	173,524
Emergency Department visits (1999)	45,742

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	10	5,195
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	7	980
Other HMOs (1998)	3	4,215

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	127,349	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	118,497	93.0
Hispanic Whites (1999)	6,843	5.4
Blacks (1999)	1,115	0.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	320	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	574	0.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	7,130	5.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,270
Avg median household income (1997)	39,573
Persons in poverty (1997)	8,928
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	10