Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	130
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	119
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	11
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	57
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	6
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	4
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	4
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,007
Registered Dieticians (1990)	63

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	3
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)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	1
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	0
Total admissions (1999)	14,194
Total beds (1999)	613
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	16
Inpatient days (1999)	149,462
Outpatient visits (1999)	154,812
Emergency Department visits (1999)	37,535

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	14	3,600
Traditional HMOs (1998)	1	14
IPA HMOs (1998)	5	747
Other HMOs (1998)	8	2,839

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	125,909	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	116,552	92.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	6,959	5.5
Blacks (1999)	1,490	1.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	253	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	655	0.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	7,220	5.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,490
Avg median household income (1997)	36,538
Persons in poverty (1997)	12,806
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	12
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	11