Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	275
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	214
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	61
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	88
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	8
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	9
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	41
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,379
Registered Dieticians (1990)	93

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
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)	4
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	17,349
Total beds (1999)	378
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	85,290
Outpatient visits (1999)	304,227
Emergency Department visits (1999)	55,545

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	23	38,060
Traditional HMOs (1998)	8	17,815
IPA HMOs (1998)	11	17,979
Other HMOs (1998)	4	2,266

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	269,352	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	231,930	86.1
Hispanic Whites (1999)	9,218	3.4
Blacks (1999)	7,789	2.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	14,828	5.5
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	5,587	2.1
Total Hispanics (1999)	10,268	3.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,598
Avg median household income (1997)	38,086
Persons in poverty (1997)	32,299
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	23