Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	2,093
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	1,282
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	811
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	353
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	41
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	109
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	12
Registered Nurses (1990)	4,009
Registered Dieticians (1990)	188

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	8
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)	6
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	63,440
Total beds (1999)	1,721
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	472,053
Outpatient visits (1999)	309,399
Emergency Department visits (1999)	62,285

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	28	54,630
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	18	49,093
Other HMOs (1998)	10	5,537

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	304,873	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	290,651	95.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	3,906	1.3
Blacks (1999)	1,778	0.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	730	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	7,808	2.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	4,262	1.4

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	26,766
Avg median household income (1997)	41,865
Persons in poverty (1997)	24,762
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	2
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	10
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	20