Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	23
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	21
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	2
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	14
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	1
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	0
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	1
Registered Nurses (1990)	52
Registered Dieticians (1990)	15

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)	0
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	0
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	0
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	0
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	4,590
Total beds (1999)	97
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	16,664
Outpatient visits (1999)	118,732
Emergency Department visits (1999)	18,289

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	10	9,105
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	4	4,190
Other HMOs (1998)	6	4,915

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	42,646	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	16,106	37.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	23,662	55.5
Blacks (1999)	2,268	5.3
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	231	0.5
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	379	0.9
Total Hispanics (1999)	24,133	56.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	15,164
Avg median household income (1997)	25,559
Persons in poverty (1997)	10,314
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	25
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	11