Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	200
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	187
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	13
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	58
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	13
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	6
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	1
Registered Nurses (1990)	629
Registered Dieticians (1990)	36

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	1
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)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
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)	2
Total admissions (1999)	16,760
Total beds (1999)	393
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	2
Inpatient days (1999)	82,209
Outpatient visits (1999)	202,661
Emergency Department visits (1999)	51,999

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	8	1,561
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	4	0
Other HMOs (1998)	4	1,561

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	151,903	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	139,292	91.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	9,347	6.2
Blacks (1999)	887	0.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	923	0.6
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,454	1.0
Total Hispanics (1999)	10,103	6.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	18,816
Avg median household income (1997)	37,126
Persons in poverty (1997)	19,521
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	19