Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	330
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	314
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	16
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	147
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	15
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	12
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	4
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,616
Registered Dieticians (1990)	65

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	7
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	7
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
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)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Total admissions (1999)	24,374
Total beds (1999)	1,193
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	11
Inpatient days (1999)	296,355
Outpatient visits (1999)	382,281
Emergency Department visits (1999)	59,413

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	20	75,610
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	10	40,879
Other HMOs (1998)	10	34,731

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	241,438	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	235,952	97.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,804	0.7
Blacks (1999)	925	0.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	735	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	2,022	0.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,890	0.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,376
Avg median household income (1997)	36,408
Persons in poverty (1997)	23,118
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	15
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	14