Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	47
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	44
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	3
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	27
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	2
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	0
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	5
Registered Nurses (1990)	150
Registered Dieticians (1990)	10

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)	3
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	4,125
Total beds (1999)	183
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	31,766
Outpatient visits (1999)	117,052
Emergency Department visits (1999)	15,212

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	4	377
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	3	376
Other HMOs (1998)	1	1

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	52,867	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	24,402	46.2
Hispanic Whites (1999)	25,000	47.3
Blacks (1999)	2,830	5.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	272	0.5
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	363	0.7
Total Hispanics (1999)	25,760	48.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,772
Avg median household income (1997)	28,087
Persons in poverty (1997)	12,189
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	22
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	12