Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	55
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	53
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	2
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	21
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	4
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	0
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	6
Registered Nurses (1990)	114
Registered Dieticians (1990)	46

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	2
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)	2
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	8,816
Total beds (1999)	190
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	42,071
Outpatient visits (1999)	146,693
Emergency Department visits (1999)	23,488

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	7	588
Traditional HMOs (1998)	3	442
IPA HMOs (1998)	3	145
Other HMOs (1998)	1	1

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	56,828	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	45,235	79.6
Hispanic Whites (1999)	8,751	15.4
Blacks (1999)	2,431	4.3
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	237	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	174	0.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	8,954	15.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	18,748
Avg median household income (1997)	25,310
Persons in poverty (1997)	11,366
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	15
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	13