Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	247
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	230
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	17
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	90
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	24
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	8
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	13
Registered Nurses (1990)	979
Registered Dieticians (1990)	49

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	0
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	3
Total admissions (1999)	15,933
Total beds (1999)	387
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	74,808
Outpatient visits (1999)	182,727
Emergency Department visits (1999)	71,122

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	12	75,203
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	4	5,935
Other HMOs (1998)	8	69,268

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	184,626	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	140,256	76.0
Hispanic Whites (1999)	33,732	18.3
Blacks (1999)	3,682	2.0
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,571	0.9
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	5,385	2.9
Total Hispanics (1999)	35,022	19.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	22,836
Avg median household income (1997)	42,524
Persons in poverty (1997)	21,071
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	21