Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	584
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	526
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	58
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	205
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	30
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	9
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	30
Registered Nurses (1990)	2,000
Registered Dieticians (1990)	50

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	9
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	2
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	7
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	5
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Total admissions (1999)	33,620
Total beds (1999)	876
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	24
Inpatient days (1999)	172,912
Outpatient visits (1999)	692,673
Emergency Department visits (1999)	122,997

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	35	126,815
Traditional HMOs (1998)	1	7,264
IPA HMOs (1998)	7	24,758
Other HMOs (1998)	27	94,793

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	412,307	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	368,219	89.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	14,448	3.5
Blacks (1999)	5,514	1.3
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	9,766	2.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	14,360	3.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	16,386	4.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,376
Avg median household income (1997)	37,330
Persons in poverty (1997)	48,064
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	18