Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	182
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	169
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	13
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	71
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	10
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	7
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	5
Registered Nurses (1990)	410
Registered Dieticians (1990)	7

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)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
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)	20,279
Total beds (1999)	434
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	8
Inpatient days (1999)	95,537
Outpatient visits (1999)	215,955
Emergency Department visits (1999)	58,148

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	7	6,062
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	4	143
Other HMOs (1998)	3	5,919

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	209,588	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	10,152	4.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	197,633	94.3
Blacks (1999)	373	0.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	430	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,000	0.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	198,567	94.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	13,835
Avg median household income (1997)	23,213
Persons in poverty (1997)	66,506
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	37
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	11