Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	547
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	496
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	51
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	188
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	23
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	15
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	2
Registered Nurses (1990)	2,512
Registered Dieticians (1990)	92

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	9
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)	8
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	6
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	38,564
Total beds (1999)	1,351
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	23
Inpatient days (1999)	313,944
Outpatient visits (1999)	699,020
Emergency Department visits (1999)	100,867

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	21	48,237
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	2	5,511
Other HMOs (1998)	19	42,726

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	306,808	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	284,052	92.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	8,500	2.8
Blacks (1999)	5,881	1.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,992	0.6
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	6,383	2.1
Total Hispanics (1999)	9,399	3.1

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	26,444
Avg median household income (1997)	38,471
Persons in poverty (1997)	26,441
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	2
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	24