Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	360
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	313
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	47
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	123
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	10
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	8
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	13
Registered Nurses (1990)	1,210
Registered Dieticians (1990)	47

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	3
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	3
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	25,203
Total beds (1999)	644
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	132,084
Outpatient visits (1999)	459,207
Emergency Department visits (1999)	98,785

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	18	52,801
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	7	19,092
Other HMOs (1998)	11	33,709

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	172,167	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	94,181	54.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	71,726	41.7
Blacks (1999)	3,359	2.0
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,614	0.9
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,287	0.7
Total Hispanics (1999)	73,725	42.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,756
Avg median household income (1997)	28,120
Persons in poverty (1997)	31,983
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	13
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	14