Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	38
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	37
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	1
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	20
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	2
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	0
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	5
Registered Nurses (1990)	65
Registered Dieticians (1990)	28

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)	4
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	0
Total admissions (1999)	5,175
Total beds (1999)	149
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	24,032
Outpatient visits (1999)	136,165
Emergency Department visits (1999)	15,196

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	12	982
Traditional HMOs (1998)	3	107
IPA HMOs (1998)	4	194
Other HMOs (1998)	5	681

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	40,442	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	28,925	71.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	5,860	14.5
Blacks (1999)	5,497	13.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	84	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	76	0.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	6,213	15.4

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,367
Avg median household income (1997)	29,242
Persons in poverty (1997)	6,152
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	25
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	10