Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	700
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	640
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	60
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	249
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	33
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	7
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	26
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,963
Registered Dieticians (1990)	54

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)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	1
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)	2
Total admissions (1999)	19,294
Total beds (1999)	377
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	77,223
Outpatient visits (1999)	509,412
Emergency Department visits (1999)	87,626

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	17	187,762
Traditional HMOs (1998)	1	26,592
IPA HMOs (1998)	6	7,385
Other HMOs (1998)	10	153,785

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	273,112	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	238,305	87.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	21,420	7.8
Blacks (1999)	2,791	1.0
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,745	0.6
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	8,851	3.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	22,621	8.3

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	36,071
Avg median household income (1997)	50,245
Persons in poverty (1997)	20,591
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	42