Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	175
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	161
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	14
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	60
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	6
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	0
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	5
Registered Nurses (1990)	351
Registered Dieticians (1990)	20

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	3
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	1
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)	1
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	10,122
Total beds (1999)	206
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	12
Inpatient days (1999)	46,004
Outpatient visits (1999)	174,672
Emergency Department visits (1999)	36,200

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	13	1,150
Traditional HMOs (1998)	2	68
IPA HMOs (1998)	2	15
Other HMOs (1998)	9	1,067

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	86,420	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	66,373	76.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	17,916	20.7
Blacks (1999)	1,315	1.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	393	0.5
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	423	0.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	18,366	21.3

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,676
Avg median household income (1997)	29,320
Persons in poverty (1997)	12,548
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	2
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	15
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	17