Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	469
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	416
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	53
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	172
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	42
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	8
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	13
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,597
Registered Dieticians (1990)	76

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	11
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	8
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	33,329
Total beds (1999)	709
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	19
Inpatient days (1999)	131,315
Outpatient visits (1999)	787,525
Emergency Department visits (1999)	137,913

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	20	125,802
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	15	92,126
Other HMOs (1998)	5	33,676

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	410,302	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	380,478	92.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	17,863	4.4
Blacks (1999)	769	0.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	3,638	0.9
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	7,554	1.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	18,966	4.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	17,546
Avg median household income (1997)	40,133
Persons in poverty (1997)	43,887
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	24