Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	263
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	232
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	31
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	78
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	8
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	11
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	7
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,134
Registered Dieticians (1990)	107

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	6
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	22,195
Total beds (1999)	711
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	184,299
Outpatient visits (1999)	500,531
Emergency Department visits (1999)	51,557

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	6	2,588
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	6	2,588
Other HMOs (1998)	0	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	135,082	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	116,908	86.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	3,642	2.7
Blacks (1999)	2,700	2.0
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	10,164	7.5
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,668	1.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	4,314	3.2

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,575
Avg median household income (1997)	33,428
Persons in poverty (1997)	19,533
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	19