Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	107
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	99
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	8
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	46
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	6
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	2
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	10
Registered Nurses (1990)	348
Registered Dieticians (1990)	32

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	2
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	1
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	5,727
Total beds (1999)	134
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	21,055
Outpatient visits (1999)	91,716
Emergency Department visits (1999)	18,031

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	26	28,086
Traditional HMOs (1998)	4	3
IPA HMOs (1998)	9	5,499
Other HMOs (1998)	11	21,191

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	125,575	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	70,708	56.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	46,249	36.8
Blacks (1999)	7,050	5.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	527	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,041	0.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	47,489	37.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,369
Avg median household income (1997)	34,901
Persons in poverty (1997)	17,231
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	14
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	22