Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	56
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	52
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	4
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	26
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	6
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	0
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	8
Registered Nurses (1990)	327
Registered Dieticians (1990)	23

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)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	7,877
Total beds (1999)	276
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	31,483
Outpatient visits (1999)	133,236
Emergency Department visits (1999)	19,409

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	4	4,873
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	2	203
Other HMOs (1998)	2	4,670

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	83,572	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	50,923	60.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	27,658	33.1
Blacks (1999)	3,779	4.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	604	0.7
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	608	0.7
Total Hispanics (1999)	28,397	34.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	18,425
Avg median household income (1997)	31,552
Persons in poverty (1997)	17,006
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	19
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	11