Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	905
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	815
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	90
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	353
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	52
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	26
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	10
Registered Nurses (1990)	3,263
Registered Dieticians (1990)	129

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	10
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	5
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	2
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	2
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	8
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	2
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	6
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	4
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	5
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	6
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	5
Total admissions (1999)	62,828
Total beds (1999)	1,612
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	29
Inpatient days (1999)	407,406
Outpatient visits (1999)	741,381
Emergency Department visits (1999)	226,328

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	39	246,553
Traditional HMOs (1998)	8	16,666
IPA HMOs (1998)	2	3,323
Other HMOs (1998)	29	226,564

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	706,905	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	422,790	59.8
Hispanic Whites (1999)	202,218	28.6
Blacks (1999)	19,836	2.8
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	9,423	1.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	52,638	7.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	211,930	30.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,091
Avg median household income (1997)	33,736
Persons in poverty (1997)	138,584
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	11
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	15
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	13