Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	186
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	165
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	21
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	66
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	13
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	10
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	10
Registered Nurses (1990)	903
Registered Dieticians (1990)	50

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	2
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	0
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	0
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)	17,824
Total beds (1999)	479
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	99,064
Outpatient visits (1999)	340,464
Emergency Department visits (1999)	65,644

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	12	61,484
Traditional HMOs (1998)	1	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	9	58,074
Other HMOs (1998)	2	3,410

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	140,112	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	86,927	62.0
Hispanic Whites (1999)	21,713	15.5
Blacks (1999)	27,571	19.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,774	1.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	2,127	1.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	25,589	18.3

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,756
Avg median household income (1997)	34,935
Persons in poverty (1997)	21,445
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	16
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	11