Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	37
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	33
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	4
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	21
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	1
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	0
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	3
Registered Nurses (1990)	155
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)	0
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
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)	6,089
Total beds (1999)	154
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	31,608
Outpatient visits (1999)	137,415
Emergency Department visits (1999)	29,864

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	15	1,303
Traditional HMOs (1998)	6	644
IPA HMOs (1998)	6	659
Other HMOs (1998)	3	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	38,115	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	27,470	72.1
Hispanic Whites (1999)	5,800	15.2
Blacks (1999)	3,547	9.3
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	748	2.0
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	550	1.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	6,338	16.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,529
Avg median household income (1997)	28,434
Persons in poverty (1997)	7,298
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	13
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	15