Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	584
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	515
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	69
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	186
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	38
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	14
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	13
Registered Nurses (1990)	2,071
Registered Dieticians (1990)	168

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	6
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	3
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	4
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	6
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	6
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	4
Total admissions (1999)	32,348
Total beds (1999)	833
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	32
Inpatient days (1999)	140,239
Outpatient visits (1999)	682,486
Emergency Department visits (1999)	115,446

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	27	159,359
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	19	107,184
Other HMOs (1998)	8	52,175

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	476,737	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	422,749	88.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	32,798	6.9
Blacks (1999)	7,592	1.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	3,453	0.7
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	10,145	2.1
Total Hispanics (1999)	35,732	7.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,742
Avg median household income (1997)	45,972
Persons in poverty (1997)	39,517
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	21