Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	331
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	302
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	29
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	103
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	14
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	11
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	37
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,474
Registered Dieticians (1990)	105

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	3
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	22,838
Total beds (1999)	613
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	6
Inpatient days (1999)	137,921
Outpatient visits (1999)	259,397
Emergency Department visits (1999)	71,336

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	6	19,811
Traditional HMOs (1998)	1	2,015
IPA HMOs (1998)	2	17,465
Other HMOs (1998)	3	331

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	200,653	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	175,371	87.4
Hispanic Whites (1999)	12,269	6.1
Blacks (1999)	9,861	4.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	721	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	2,431	1.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	13,299	6.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	26,052
Avg median household income (1997)	40,895
Persons in poverty (1997)	22,888
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	20