Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	317
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	298
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	19
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	100
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	15
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	7
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	8
Registered Nurses (1990)	986
Registered Dieticians (1990)	45

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	8
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)	7
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	17,729
Total beds (1999)	590
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	128,953
Outpatient visits (1999)	454,703
Emergency Department visits (1999)	55,330

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	3	5,778
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	2	5,778
Other HMOs (1998)	1	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	167,802	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	153,993	91.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,158	1.3
Blacks (1999)	372	0.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	9,954	5.9
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,325	0.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,701	1.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,282
Avg median household income (1997)	30,484
Persons in poverty (1997)	27,666
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	23