Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	508
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	476
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	32
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	181
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	23
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	16
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	21
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,631
Registered Dieticians (1990)	67

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	6
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	2
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	6
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	6
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Total admissions (1999)	29,437
Total beds (1999)	605
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	16
Inpatient days (1999)	128,238
Outpatient visits (1999)	1209689
Emergency Department visits (1999)	99,604

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	16	68,023
Traditional HMOs (1998)	1	96
IPA HMOs (1998)	2	36,191
Other HMOs (1998)	13	31,736

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	294,311	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	266,374	90.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	17,561	6.0
Blacks (1999)	1,491	0.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	5,256	1.8
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	3,629	1.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	18,540	6.3

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,955
Avg median household income (1997)	30,640
Persons in poverty (1997)	46,168
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	16