Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	399
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	367
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	32
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	155
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	20
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	9
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	18
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,129
Registered Dieticians (1990)	44

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	9
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	6
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	5
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)	3
Total admissions (1999)	27,115
Total beds (1999)	470
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	99,419
Outpatient visits (1999)	791,171
Emergency Department visits (1999)	121,317

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	17	21,479
Traditional HMOs (1998)	1	30
IPA HMOs (1998)	6	6,395
Other HMOs (1998)	10	15,054

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	297,651	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	156,284	52.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	31,770	10.7
Blacks (1999)	1,971	0.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	106,127	35.7
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,499	0.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	35,554	11.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	17,308
Avg median household income (1997)	29,556
Persons in poverty (1997)	64,025
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	13
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	14