Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	43
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	41
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	2
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	25
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	3
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	0
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	1
Registered Nurses (1990)	264
Registered Dieticians (1990)	37

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
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)	5
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
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)	2
Total admissions (1999)	5,373
Total beds (1999)	234
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	44,122
Outpatient visits (1999)	59,982
Emergency Department visits (1999)	13,275

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	6	198
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	0	0
Other HMOs (1998)	6	198

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	44,150	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	35,627	80.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	6,612	15.0
Blacks (1999)	673	1.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	282	0.6
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	956	2.2
Total Hispanics (1999)	6,943	15.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	23,423
Avg median household income (1997)	35,074
Persons in poverty (1997)	4,772
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	2
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	12
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	17