Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	5
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	5
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	0
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	3
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	0
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	0
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	0
Registered Nurses (1990)	3
Registered Dieticians (1990)	0

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	0
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	1
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)	0
Total admissions (1999)	977
Total beds (1999)	35
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	2
Inpatient days (1999)	3,421
Outpatient visits (1999)	26,459
Emergency Department visits (1999)	6,481

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	2	2
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	0	0
Other HMOs (1998)	2	2

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	10,349	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	1,289	12.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	8,935	86.3
Blacks (1999)	87	0.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	15	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	23	0.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	8,985	86.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	12,005
Avg median household income (1997)	16,958
Persons in poverty (1997)	4,219
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	16
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	45
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	8