Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	31
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	28
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	3
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	12
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	2
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	0
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	5
Registered Nurses (1990)	100
Registered Dieticians (1990)	11

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	2
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)	1
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	0
Total admissions (1999)	3,797
Total beds (1999)	191
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	37,584
Outpatient visits (1999)	74,191
Emergency Department visits (1999)	19,465

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	1	0
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	1	0
Other HMOs (1998)	0	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	41,857	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	32,000	76.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	8,707	20.8
Blacks (1999)	395	0.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	458	1.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	297	0.7
Total Hispanics (1999)	9,328	22.3

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	18,346
Avg median household income (1997)	31,411
Persons in poverty (1997)	6,601
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	12
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	12