Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	98
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	92
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	6
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	51
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	2
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	0
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	4
Registered Nurses (1990)	400
Registered Dieticians (1990)	9

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
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)	0
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	5,527
Total beds (1999)	119
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	9
Inpatient days (1999)	17,176
Outpatient visits (1999)	149,698
Emergency Department visits (1999)	27,064

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	20	12,858
Traditional HMOs (1998)	2	3,072
IPA HMOs (1998)	4	2,206
Other HMOs (1998)	14	7,580

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	76,484	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	64,577	84.4
Hispanic Whites (1999)	8,285	10.8
Blacks (1999)	275	0.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	2,155	2.8
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,192	1.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	8,673	11.3

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,965
Avg median household income (1997)	34,649
Persons in poverty (1997)	9,943
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	10
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	14