Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	138
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	129
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	9
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	49
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	6
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	3
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	2
Registered Nurses (1990)	402
Registered Dieticians (1990)	4

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	10,158
Total beds (1999)	292
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	50,973
Outpatient visits (1999)	159,796
Emergency Department visits (1999)	27,605

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	5	619
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	1	0
Other HMOs (1998)	4	619

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	98,662	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	88,339	89.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	8,555	8.7
Blacks (1999)	192	0.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	679	0.7
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	897	0.9
Total Hispanics (1999)	8,901	9.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,656
Avg median household income (1997)	31,413
Persons in poverty (1997)	14,068
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	10
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	13