Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	550
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	495
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	55
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	235
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	29
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	17
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	5
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,244
Registered Dieticians (1990)	76

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)	4
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)	4
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	6
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	5
Total admissions (1999)	68,327
Total beds (1999)	1,281
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	8
Inpatient days (1999)	301,557
Outpatient visits (1999)	375,779
Emergency Department visits (1999)	91,529

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	8	13,711
Traditional HMOs (1998)	2	9
IPA HMOs (1998)	3	4,278
Other HMOs (1998)	3	9,424

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	591,484	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	60,430	10.2
Hispanic Whites (1999)	525,802	88.9
Blacks (1999)	1,656	0.3
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,330	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	2,266	0.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	528,654	89.4

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	12,325
Avg median household income (1997)	19,474
Persons in poverty (1997)	223,172
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	15
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	43
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	11