Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	108
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	98
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	10
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	51
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	5
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	1
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	2
Registered Nurses (1990)	590
Registered Dieticians (1990)	7

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	7
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	7
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Total admissions (1999)	8,652
Total beds (1999)	694
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	163,447
Outpatient visits (1999)	98,830
Emergency Department visits (1999)	17,847

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	10	2,634
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	6	2,530
Other HMOs (1998)	4	104

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	68,209	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	65,230	95.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	404	0.6
Blacks (1999)	304	0.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,915	2.8
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	356	0.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	462	0.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,471
Avg median household income (1997)	31,047
Persons in poverty (1997)	8,722
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	2
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	17
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	18