Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	789
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	717
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	72
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	236
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	49
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	24
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	19
Registered Nurses (1990)	2,070
Registered Dieticians (1990)	115

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	10
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	2
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	6
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	50,788
Total beds (1999)	1,189
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	10
Inpatient days (1999)	249,873
Outpatient visits (1999)	1306070
Emergency Department visits (1999)	179,225

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	19	31,415
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	11	8,701
Other HMOs (1998)	8	22,714

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	472,191	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	418,379	88.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	38,730	8.2
Blacks (1999)	3,728	0.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	3,882	0.8
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	7,472	1.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	40,936	8.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	25,497
Avg median household income (1997)	38,586
Persons in poverty (1997)	52,871
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	20