Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	298
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	281
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	17
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	132
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	14
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	7
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	11
Registered Nurses (1990)	834
Registered Dieticians (1990)	59

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	8
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	1
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	15,414
Total beds (1999)	464
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	15
Inpatient days (1999)	78,203
Outpatient visits (1999)	282,855
Emergency Department visits (1999)	65,702

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	30	49,241
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	4	9,723
Other HMOs (1998)	26	39,518

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	205,477	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	161,020	78.4
Hispanic Whites (1999)	34,500	16.8
Blacks (1999)	1,269	0.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	6,277	3.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	2,411	1.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	35,790	17.4

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,259
Avg median household income (1997)	32,514
Persons in poverty (1997)	29,386
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	12
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	14