Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	210
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	189
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	21
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	84
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	11
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	1
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	7
Registered Nurses (1990)	705
Registered Dieticians (1990)	50

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	7
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)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	4
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	5
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	2
Total admissions (1999)	12,336
Total beds (1999)	411
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	1
Inpatient days (1999)	67,727
Outpatient visits (1999)	306,299
Emergency Department visits (1999)	58,780

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	14	14,318
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	4	8,584
Other HMOs (1998)	10	5,734

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	135,325	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	110,522	81.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	18,163	13.4
Blacks (1999)	1,683	1.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	3,035	2.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,922	1.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	19,232	14.2

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,717
Avg median household income (1997)	32,806
Persons in poverty (1997)	18,505
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	10
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	15