Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	29
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	24
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	5
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	19
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	1
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	0
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	3
Registered Nurses (1990)	162
Registered Dieticians (1990)	38

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	0
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	0
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
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)	3,258
Total beds (1999)	134
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	2
Inpatient days (1999)	12,237
Outpatient visits (1999)	64,597
Emergency Department visits (1999)	13,990

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	11	1,090
Traditional HMOs (1998)	5	453
IPA HMOs (1998)	4	637
Other HMOs (1998)	2	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	37,269	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	31,674	85.0
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,438	6.5
Blacks (1999)	965	2.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,919	5.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	273	0.7
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,827	7.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	17,923
Avg median household income (1997)	28,619
Persons in poverty (1997)	6,597
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	12
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	17