Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	129
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	115
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	14
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	53
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	4
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	2
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	16
Registered Nurses (1990)	653
Registered Dieticians (1990)	33

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	7
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	6
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	15,146
Total beds (1999)	612
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	1
Inpatient days (1999)	124,419
Outpatient visits (1999)	169,385
Emergency Department visits (1999)	38,073

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	25	4,990
Traditional HMOs (1998)	9	982
IPA HMOs (1998)	9	3,939
Other HMOs (1998)	7	69

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	107,688	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	97,782	90.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,868	2.7
Blacks (1999)	3,258	3.0
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	2,899	2.7
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	881	0.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	3,322	3.1

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,738
Avg median household income (1997)	30,671
Persons in poverty (1997)	15,942
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	10
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	16