Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	71
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	62
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	9
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	34
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	5
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	1
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	18
Registered Nurses (1990)	300
Registered Dieticians (1990)	23

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
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)	4
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	9,420
Total beds (1999)	330
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	72,717
Outpatient visits (1999)	87,433
Emergency Department visits (1999)	30,553

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	17	2,178
Traditional HMOs (1998)	7	1,420
IPA HMOs (1998)	6	758
Other HMOs (1998)	4	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	79,422	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	62,511	78.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,099	1.4
Blacks (1999)	3,824	4.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	11,754	14.8
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	234	0.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,441	1.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	16,648
Avg median household income (1997)	23,603
Persons in poverty (1997)	18,444
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	16
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	13