Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	51
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	45
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	6
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	18
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	4
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	0
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	7
Registered Nurses (1990)	166
Registered Dieticians (1990)	41

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	0
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	3
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)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	7,617
Total beds (1999)	288
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	64,519
Outpatient visits (1999)	65,897
Emergency Department visits (1999)	20,071

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	8	510
Traditional HMOs (1998)	2	162
IPA HMOs (1998)	2	59
Other HMOs (1998)	4	289

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	44,855	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	33,537	74.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	8,704	19.4
Blacks (1999)	1,331	3.0
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	497	1.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	786	1.8
Total Hispanics (1999)	9,148	20.4

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	24,287
Avg median household income (1997)	35,531
Persons in poverty (1997)	5,742
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	2
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	12
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	14