Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	200
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	161
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	39
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	56
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	14
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	3
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	7
Registered Nurses (1990)	727
Registered Dieticians (1990)	24

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	6
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	6
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	4
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	20,578
Total beds (1999)	558
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	20
Inpatient days (1999)	110,179
Outpatient visits (1999)	246,097
Emergency Department visits (1999)	87,909

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	7	1,195
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	5	1,192
Other HMOs (1998)	2	3

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	161,308	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	85,358	52.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	66,410	41.2
Blacks (1999)	7,282	4.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,000	0.6
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,258	0.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	67,735	42.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	18,917
Avg median household income (1997)	30,442
Persons in poverty (1997)	31,516
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	11
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	18
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	11