Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	105
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	96
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	9
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	38
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	5
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	0
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	5
Registered Nurses (1990)	442
Registered Dieticians (1990)	26

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	4
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	9,479
Total beds (1999)	348
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	4
Inpatient days (1999)	54,468
Outpatient visits (1999)	111,182
Emergency Department visits (1999)	20,070

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	1	0
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	0	0
Other HMOs (1998)	1	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	72,999	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	59,015	80.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	12,061	16.5
Blacks (1999)	243	0.3
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,225	1.7
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	455	0.6
Total Hispanics (1999)	12,428	17.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	21,079
Avg median household income (1997)	31,221
Persons in poverty (1997)	10,783
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	11
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	14