Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	102
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	93
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	9
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	32
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	4
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	2
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	2
Registered Nurses (1990)	294
Registered Dieticians (1990)	18

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)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	1
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	6,999
Total beds (1999)	385
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	113,180
Outpatient visits (1999)	200,932
Emergency Department visits (1999)	19,896

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	1	872
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	1	872
Other HMOs (1998)	0	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	52,465	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	49,911	95.1
Hispanic Whites (1999)	1,174	2.2
Blacks (1999)	92	0.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,061	2.0
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	227	0.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	1,316	2.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,902
Avg median household income (1997)	29,867
Persons in poverty (1997)	8,872
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	17