Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	214
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	205
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	9
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	64
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	11
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	10
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	14
Registered Nurses (1990)	920
Registered Dieticians (1990)	31

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	9
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	9
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	9
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	21,093
Total beds (1999)	509
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	96,082
Outpatient visits (1999)	237,309
Emergency Department visits (1999)	73,127

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	18	3,389
Traditional HMOs (1998)	1	1
IPA HMOs (1998)	16	3,387
Other HMOs (1998)	1	1

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	149,583	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	92,207	61.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	49,702	33.2
Blacks (1999)	5,355	3.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	681	0.5
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,638	1.1
Total Hispanics (1999)	50,937	34.1

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,393
Avg median household income (1997)	29,765
Persons in poverty (1997)	25,864
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	17
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	16