Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	134
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	116
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	18
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	42
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	5
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	5
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	0
Registered Nurses (1990)	631
Registered Dieticians (1990)	36

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	2
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)	2
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	8,419
Total beds (1999)	250
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	35,358
Outpatient visits (1999)	86,345
Emergency Department visits (1999)	31,915

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	0	0
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	0	0
Other HMOs (1998)	0	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	75,553	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	70,930	93.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,938	3.9
Blacks (1999)	590	0.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	599	0.8
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	496	0.7
Total Hispanics (1999)	3,194	4.2

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	26,865
Avg median household income (1997)	35,225
Persons in poverty (1997)	9,880
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	19