Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	510
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	423
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	87
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	136
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	45
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	18
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	18
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,816
Registered Dieticians (1990)	126

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	11
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	2
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	7
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	6
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	7
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	6
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	5
Total admissions (1999)	48,956
Total beds (1999)	1,450
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	54
Inpatient days (1999)	322,914
Outpatient visits (1999)	782,754
Emergency Department visits (1999)	132,867

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	19	48,424
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	16	48,420
Other HMOs (1998)	3	4

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	306,091	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	227,501	74.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	53,994	17.6
Blacks (1999)	14,753	4.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	3,153	1.0
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	6,690	2.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	57,667	18.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,723
Avg median household income (1997)	35,437
Persons in poverty (1997)	42,972
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	10
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	17