Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	166
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	149
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	17
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	60
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	11
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	7
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	28
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,064
Registered Dieticians (1990)	92

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	6
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	0
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	0
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	5
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)	2
Total admissions (1999)	22,100
Total beds (1999)	543
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	108,752
Outpatient visits (1999)	510,972
Emergency Department visits (1999)	82,742

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	29	15,800
Traditional HMOs (1998)	11	6,992
IPA HMOs (1998)	13	5,443
Other HMOs (1998)	5	3,365

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	205,525	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	148,440	72.2
Hispanic Whites (1999)	3,021	1.5
Blacks (1999)	14,499	7.1
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	38,776	18.9
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	789	0.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	3,921	1.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	17,369
Avg median household income (1997)	28,853
Persons in poverty (1997)	39,089
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	13
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	14