Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	31
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	31
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	0
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	18
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	1
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	1
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	2
Registered Nurses (1990)	171
Registered Dieticians (1990)	17

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	1
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	4,225
Total beds (1999)	178
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	24,445
Outpatient visits (1999)	55,726
Emergency Department visits (1999)	11,610

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	5	231
Traditional HMOs (1998)	1	1
IPA HMOs (1998)	4	230
Other HMOs (1998)	0	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	33,014	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	27,458	83.2
Hispanic Whites (1999)	3,511	10.6
Blacks (1999)	1,516	4.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	316	1.0
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	213	0.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	3,680	11.1

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	24,659
Avg median household income (1997)	33,149
Persons in poverty (1997)	4,682
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	12
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	12