Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	281
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	256
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	25
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	116
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	17
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	2
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	10
Registered Nurses (1990)	900
Registered Dieticians (1990)	48

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	3
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)	3
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)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	13,192
Total beds (1999)	254
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	49,274
Outpatient visits (1999)	278,837
Emergency Department visits (1999)	52,010

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	10	60,986
Traditional HMOs (1998)	2	19,200
IPA HMOs (1998)	2	25,598
Other HMOs (1998)	6	16,188

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	182,529	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	166,426	91.2
Hispanic Whites (1999)	6,584	3.6
Blacks (1999)	1,088	0.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,924	1.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	6,507	3.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	7,190	3.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,793
Avg median household income (1997)	39,289
Persons in poverty (1997)	19,594
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	24