Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	49
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	43
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	6
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	18
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	4
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	1
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	11
Registered Nurses (1990)	210
Registered Dieticians (1990)	33

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	2
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)	2
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	0
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	0
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	1
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	0
Total admissions (1999)	3,961
Total beds (1999)	151
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	16,492
Outpatient visits (1999)	25,754
Emergency Department visits (1999)	14,558

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	12	3,587
Traditional HMOs (1998)	4	2,177
IPA HMOs (1998)	6	1,273
Other HMOs (1998)	2	137

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	76,748	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	62,139	81.0
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,172	2.8
Blacks (1999)	2,858	3.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	9,297	12.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	282	0.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	3,054	4.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	16,733
Avg median household income (1997)	28,765
Persons in poverty (1997)	14,768
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	14
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	13