Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	234
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	197
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	37
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	82
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	11
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	6
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	7
Registered Nurses (1990)	707
Registered Dieticians (1990)	12

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	3
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	2
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)	19,106
Total beds (1999)	390
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	88,650
Outpatient visits (1999)	262,084
Emergency Department visits (1999)	51,917

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	12	64,307
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	2	1,784
Other HMOs (1998)	10	62,523

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	205,729	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	84,782	41.2
Hispanic Whites (1999)	113,029	54.9
Blacks (1999)	3,899	1.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,665	0.8
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	2,354	1.1
Total Hispanics (1999)	115,024	55.9

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	16,430
Avg median household income (1997)	25,244
Persons in poverty (1997)	54,256
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	9
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	19
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	20