Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	439
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	277
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	162
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	122
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	29
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	9
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	6
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,350
Registered Dieticians (1990)	48

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	7
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	4
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	7
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	6
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Total admissions (1999)	15,404
Total beds (1999)	499
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	63,113
Outpatient visits (1999)	210,536
Emergency Department visits (1999)	68,511

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	21	16,090
Traditional HMOs (1998)	3	4,425
IPA HMOs (1998)	6	3,393
Other HMOs (1998)	9	7,730

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	312,416	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	200,202	64.1
Hispanic Whites (1999)	73,259	23.4
Blacks (1999)	32,197	10.3
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,391	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	5,367	1.7
Total Hispanics (1999)	76,529	24.5

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,223
Avg median household income (1997)	40,509
Persons in poverty (1997)	38,441
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	12
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	14