Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	56
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	52
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	4
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	31
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	3
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	0
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	4
Registered Nurses (1990)	235
Registered Dieticians (1990)	45

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)	1
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	0
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	0
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	0
Total admissions (1999)	7,696
Total beds (1999)	138
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	30,407
Outpatient visits (1999)	234,551
Emergency Department visits (1999)	40,956

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	9	5,444
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	1	0
Other HMOs (1998)	8	5,444

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	73,217	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	46,375	63.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	19,815	27.1
Blacks (1999)	4,506	6.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	791	1.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,730	2.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	21,818	29.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,121
Avg median household income (1997)	26,450
Persons in poverty (1997)	16,923
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	12
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	14