Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	168
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	148
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	20
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	54
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	7
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	6
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	3
Registered Nurses (1990)	659
Registered Dieticians (1990)	30

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	1
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	1
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	1
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	2
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	0
Total admissions (1999)	10,201
Total beds (1999)	377
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	82,950
Outpatient visits (1999)	210,220
Emergency Department visits (1999)	33,813

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	3	3,570
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	0	0
Other HMOs (1998)	3	3,570

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	94,320	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	80,813	85.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	8,974	9.5
Blacks (1999)	2,500	2.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	762	0.8
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,271	1.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	9,668	10.3

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	25,160
Avg median household income (1997)	36,480
Persons in poverty (1997)	10,479
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	3
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	20