Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	180
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	169
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	11
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	68
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	10
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	3
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	3
Registered Nurses (1990)	663
Registered Dieticians (1990)	6

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	3
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)	2
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	1
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	0
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	8,864
Total beds (1999)	173
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	2
Inpatient days (1999)	50,401
Outpatient visits (1999)	237,165
Emergency Department visits (1999)	51,632

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	13	13,456
Traditional HMOs (1998)	3	1,390
IPA HMOs (1998)	0	0
Other HMOs (1998)	10	12,066

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	95,348	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	87,334	91.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	5,508	5.8
Blacks (1999)	244	0.3
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,170	1.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,092	1.1
Total Hispanics (1999)	5,787	6.1

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	24,985
Avg median household income (1997)	40,158
Persons in poverty (1997)	9,153
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	22