Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	23
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	22
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	1
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	9
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	2
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	1
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	3
Registered Nurses (1990)	100
Registered Dieticians (1990)	0

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)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	0
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	0
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	0
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)	3,437
Total beds (1999)	61
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	13,147
Outpatient visits (1999)	110,220
Emergency Department visits (1999)	16,322

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	6	6,911
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	6	6,911
Other HMOs (1998)	0	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	33,637	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	28,816	85.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	3,423	10.2
Blacks (1999)	960	2.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	134	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	304	0.9
Total Hispanics (1999)	3,487	10.4

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,500
Avg median household income (1997)	27,365
Persons in poverty (1997)	6,063
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	14
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	11