Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	533
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	462
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	71
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	154
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	25
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	16
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	22
Registered Nurses (1990)	2,693
Registered Dieticians (1990)	218

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	11
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	2
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	10
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	9
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	8
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	8
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	6
Total admissions (1999)	31,557
Total beds (1999)	1,212
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	9
Inpatient days (1999)	215,624
Outpatient visits (1999)	613,365
Emergency Department visits (1999)	103,508

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	47	34,461
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	25	10,778
Other HMOs (1998)	22	23,683

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	328,635	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	280,863	85.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	15,817	4.8
Blacks (1999)	22,481	6.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	4,259	1.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	5,215	1.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	18,328	5.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,310
Avg median household income (1997)	37,864
Persons in poverty (1997)	35,238
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	22