Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	37
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	33
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	4
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	20
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	2
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	1
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	4
Registered Nurses (1990)	276
Registered Dieticians (1990)	39

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)	0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	0
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	3
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)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	2
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	4,413
Total beds (1999)	264
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	62,362
Outpatient visits (1999)	104,436
Emergency Department visits (1999)	20,130

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	10	4,128
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	5	3,119
Other HMOs (1998)	5	1,009

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	46,254	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	29,778	64.4
Hispanic Whites (1999)	14,938	32.3
Blacks (1999)	659	1.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	550	1.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	329	0.7
Total Hispanics (1999)	15,291	33.1

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,548
Avg median household income (1997)	26,521
Persons in poverty (1997)	9,968
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	15
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	12