Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	317
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	272
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	45
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	108
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	18
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	8
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	7
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,111
Registered Dieticians (1990)	89

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	12
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	11
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	8
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	6
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	27,618
Total beds (1999)	754
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	10
Inpatient days (1999)	131,543
Outpatient visits (1999)	663,929
Emergency Department visits (1999)	114,103

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	10	4,468
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	6	743
Other HMOs (1998)	4	3,725

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	193,195	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	155,626	80.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	17,977	9.3
Blacks (1999)	14,834	7.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,518	0.8
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	3,240	1.7
Total Hispanics (1999)	19,537	10.1

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,222
Avg median household income (1997)	31,108
Persons in poverty (1997)	29,447
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	11
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	15