Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	55
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	51
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)	3
Registered Nurses (1990)	130
Registered Dieticians (1990)	2

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)	2
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	1
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	3,891
Total beds (1999)	134
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	22,553
Outpatient visits (1999)	44,175
Emergency Department visits (1999)	9,847

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	13	7,362
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	12	7,362
Other HMOs (1998)	1	0

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	44,658	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	20,934	46.9
Hispanic Whites (1999)	22,758	51.0
Blacks (1999)	147	0.3
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	494	1.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	325	0.7
Total Hispanics (1999)	23,111	51.8

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	17,847
Avg median household income (1997)	24,696
Persons in poverty (1997)	11,130
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	7
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	16
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	17