Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	643
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	582
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	61
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	206
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	43
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	22
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	27
Registered Nurses (1990)	3,455
Registered Dieticians (1990)	162

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	7
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	2
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	3
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	6
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	6
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	5
Total admissions (1999)	42,119
Total beds (1999)	918
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	8
Inpatient days (1999)	178,064
Outpatient visits (1999)	766,965
Emergency Department visits (1999)	146,715

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	53	126,820
Traditional HMOs (1998)	4	1,648
IPA HMOs (1998)	19	13,576
Other HMOs (1998)	30	111,596

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	543,274	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	422,902	77.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	78,596	14.5
Blacks (1999)	29,513	5.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,250	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	11,013	2.0
Total Hispanics (1999)	82,163	15.1

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	27,308
Avg median household income (1997)	52,492
Persons in poverty (1997)	34,902
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	22