Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	65
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	56
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	9
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	26
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	2
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	0
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	4
Registered Nurses (1990)	215
Registered Dieticians (1990)	17

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	3
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)	2
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	0
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	4,291
Total beds (1999)	125
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	8
Inpatient days (1999)	19,329
Outpatient visits (1999)	68,986
Emergency Department visits (1999)	22,497

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	7	1,164
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	5	1,105
Other HMOs (1998)	2	59

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	63,376	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	49,352	77.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	11,472	18.1
Blacks (1999)	223	0.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	724	1.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,605	2.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	11,948	18.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	18,028
Avg median household income (1997)	28,453
Persons in poverty (1997)	11,518
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	13
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	11