Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	135
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	125
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	10
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	46
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	10
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	9
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	11
Registered Nurses (1990)	381
Registered Dieticians (1990)	7

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
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)	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)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	17,616
Total beds (1999)	344
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	12
Inpatient days (1999)	72,387
Outpatient visits (1999)	179,744
Emergency Department visits (1999)	53,917

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	11	48,813
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	5	16,680
Other HMOs (1998)	6	32,133

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	134,222	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	120,865	90.0
Hispanic Whites (1999)	8,292	6.2
Blacks (1999)	544	0.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	3,245	2.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,276	1.0
Total Hispanics (1999)	8,969	6.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,039
Avg median household income (1997)	28,250
Persons in poverty (1997)	23,184
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	10