Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	387
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	359
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	28
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	113
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	14
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	12
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	4
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,216
Registered Dieticians (1990)	22

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	8
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	2
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	6
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	27,386
Total beds (1999)	830
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	38
Inpatient days (1999)	213,299
Outpatient visits (1999)	1096635
Emergency Department visits (1999)	61,256

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	5	11,318
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	5	11,318
Other HMOs (1998)	0	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	174,031	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	152,961	87.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	4,551	2.6
Blacks (1999)	749	0.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	14,862	8.5
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	908	0.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	5,170	3.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,418
Avg median household income (1997)	33,882
Persons in poverty (1997)	24,470
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	20