Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	484
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	431
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	53
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	185
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	17
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	11
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	12
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,326
Registered Dieticians (1990)	57

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	7
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	6
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Total admissions (1999)	41,461
Total beds (1999)	760
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	28
Inpatient days (1999)	182,320
Outpatient visits (1999)	444,804
Emergency Department visits (1999)	112,217

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	17	15,980
Traditional HMOs (1998)	2	19
IPA HMOs (1998)	10	15,454
Other HMOs (1998)	5	507

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	333,307	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	305,236	91.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	9,991	3.0
Blacks (1999)	2,856	0.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	12,410	3.7
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	2,814	0.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	10,541	3.2

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,195
Avg median household income (1997)	32,839
Persons in poverty (1997)	42,067
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	12
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	16