Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	259
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	230
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	29
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	97
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	7
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	10
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	21
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,977
Registered Dieticians (1990)	97

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	9
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	2
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	8
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	6
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	7
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	5
Total admissions (1999)	30,654
Total beds (1999)	735
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	20
Inpatient days (1999)	141,783
Outpatient visits (1999)	735,482
Emergency Department visits (1999)	86,754

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	32	6,961
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	15	5,798
Other HMOs (1998)	17	1,163

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	209,293	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	190,958	91.2
Hispanic Whites (1999)	6,588	3.1
Blacks (1999)	2,496	1.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	6,003	2.9
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	3,248	1.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	7,768	3.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,171
Avg median household income (1997)	35,652
Persons in poverty (1997)	21,797
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	10
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	15