Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	112
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	108
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	4
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	45
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	2
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	1
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	10
Registered Nurses (1990)	322
Registered Dieticians (1990)	23

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	3
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	1
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)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	2
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	1
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	5,602
Total beds (1999)	128
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	18,483
Outpatient visits (1999)	150,191
Emergency Department visits (1999)	24,591

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	8	4,539
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	5	4,531
Other HMOs (1998)	3	8

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	80,884	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	71,558	88.5
Hispanic Whites (1999)	8,047	9.9
Blacks (1999)	351	0.4
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	565	0.7
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	363	0.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	8,320	10.3

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,980
Avg median household income (1997)	31,600
Persons in poverty (1997)	10,512
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	21