Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	98
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	92
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	6
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	40
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	5
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	2
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	3
Registered Nurses (1990)	257
Registered Dieticians (1990)	9

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	2
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	8,763
Total beds (1999)	213
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	5
Inpatient days (1999)	40,601
Outpatient visits (1999)	128,653
Emergency Department visits (1999)	46,941

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	17	8,939
Traditional HMOs (1998)	1	1
IPA HMOs (1998)	7	2,584
Other HMOs (1998)	9	6,354

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	76,770	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	53,592	69.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	21,726	28.3
Blacks (1999)	747	1.0
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	293	0.4
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	412	0.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	22,031	28.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	27,560
Avg median household income (1997)	39,600
Persons in poverty (1997)	7,642
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	13
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	20