Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	235
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	225
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	10
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	74
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	10
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	4
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	8
Registered Nurses (1990)	784
Registered Dieticians (1990)	32

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	0
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	14,975
Total beds (1999)	405
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	1
Inpatient days (1999)	65,569
Outpatient visits (1999)	213,242
Emergency Department visits (1999)	45,331

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	16	35,314
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	5	25,597
Other HMOs (1998)	11	9,717

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	154,211	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	141,156	91.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	7,102	4.6
Blacks (1999)	282	0.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	4,482	2.9
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,189	0.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	7,636	5.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,224
Avg median household income (1997)	35,562
Persons in poverty (1997)	17,614
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	17