Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	144
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	129
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	15
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	81
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	9
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	1
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	4
Registered Nurses (1990)	907
Registered Dieticians (1990)	52

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	7
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	0
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	6
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	6
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	5
Total admissions (1999)	7,271
Total beds (1999)	295
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	50,133
Outpatient visits (1999)	100,074
Emergency Department visits (1999)	24,898

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	20	44,168
Traditional HMOs (1998)	4	1,489
IPA HMOs (1998)	6	25,506
Other HMOs (1998)	10	17,173

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	139,692	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	136,897	98.0
Hispanic Whites (1999)	958	0.7
Blacks (1999)	383	0.3
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	594	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	860	0.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,012	0.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	26,897
Avg median household income (1997)	46,977
Persons in poverty (1997)	7,943
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	18