Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	128
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	119
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	9
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	67
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	4
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	0
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	0
Registered Nurses (1990)	686
Registered Dieticians (1990)	31

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	8
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	0
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	8,507
Total beds (1999)	642
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	159,461
Outpatient visits (1999)	84,894
Emergency Department visits (1999)	25,655

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	14	12,177
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	4	8,117
Other HMOs (1998)	10	4,060

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	84,321	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	80,075	95.0
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,791	3.3
Blacks (1999)	541	0.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	496	0.6
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	418	0.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,952	3.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,274
Avg median household income (1997)	34,508
Persons in poverty (1997)	8,888
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	17
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	13