Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	133
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	114
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	19
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	57
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	6
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	3
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	6
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,215
Registered Dieticians (1990)	56

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	6
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	6
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
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)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	16,105
Total beds (1999)	481
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	88,499
Outpatient visits (1999)	218,066
Emergency Department visits (1999)	52,851

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	28	24,861
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	7	8,061
Other HMOs (1998)	21	16,800

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	150,441	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	145,674	96.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	3,164	2.1
Blacks (1999)	631	0.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	375	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	597	0.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	3,288	2.2

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,266
Avg median household income (1997)	35,033
Persons in poverty (1997)	16,309
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	2
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	10
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	11