Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	243
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	203
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	40
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	59
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	12
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	13
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	52
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,221
Registered Dieticians (1990)	90

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	6
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	2
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	6
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	6
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	31,157
Total beds (1999)	806
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	12
Inpatient days (1999)	160,436
Outpatient visits (1999)	955,448
Emergency Department visits (1999)	137,769

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	11	10,586
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	9	10,586
Other HMOs (1998)	2	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	204,673	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	195,148	95.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,217	1.1
Blacks (1999)	2,014	1.0
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	3,990	1.9
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,304	0.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,431	1.2

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,584
Avg median household income (1997)	29,393
Persons in poverty (1997)	29,717
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	12
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	12