Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	807
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	592
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	215
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	186
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	42
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	24
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	26
Registered Nurses (1990)	2,304
Registered Dieticians (1990)	106

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)	10
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	6
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	9
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	9
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Total admissions (1999)	73,150
Total beds (1999)	2,171
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	87
Inpatient days (1999)	438,109
Outpatient visits (1999)	1030281
Emergency Department visits (1999)	214,813

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	18	53,099
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	15	27,982
Other HMOs (1998)	2	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	313,777	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	185,932	59.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	98,886	31.5
Blacks (1999)	23,489	7.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,252	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	4,218	1.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	101,768	32.4

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,174
Avg median household income (1997)	30,675
Persons in poverty (1997)	62,734
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	15
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	20