Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	38
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	36
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	2
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	17
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	3
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	0
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	6
Registered Nurses (1990)	246
Registered Dieticians (1990)	4

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	3
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)	0
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)	4,677
Total beds (1999)	108
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	19,268
Outpatient visits (1999)	78,593
Emergency Department visits (1999)	15,706

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	6	7,167
Traditional HMOs (1998)	1	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	5	7,167
Other HMOs (1998)	0	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	45,053	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	37,844	84.0
Hispanic Whites (1999)	6,437	14.3
Blacks (1999)	337	0.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	194	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	241	0.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	6,572	14.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,650
Avg median household income (1997)	26,617
Persons in poverty (1997)	7,969
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	14
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	17