Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	82
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	77
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	5
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	25
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	3
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	3
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	4
Registered Nurses (1990)	156
Registered Dieticians (1990)	13

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	0
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)	0
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	0
Total admissions (1999)	9,799
Total beds (1999)	189
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	45,531
Outpatient visits (1999)	70,754
Emergency Department visits (1999)	24,671

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	9	4,554
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	5	4,103
Other HMOs (1998)	4	451

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	51,566	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	50,526	98.0
Hispanic Whites (1999)	661	1.3
Blacks (1999)	38	0.1
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	194	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	147	0.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	671	1.3

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,271
Avg median household income (1997)	25,513
Persons in poverty (1997)	8,265
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	14
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	10