Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	79
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	75
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	4
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	35
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	5
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	0
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	2
Registered Nurses (1990)	281
Registered Dieticians (1990)	24

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	4
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)	2
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
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)	2
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	0
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	0
Total admissions (1999)	5,697
Total beds (1999)	120
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	19,362
Outpatient visits (1999)	196,628
Emergency Department visits (1999)	43,291

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	7	9,452
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	1	487
Other HMOs (1998)	6	8,965

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	70,963	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	44,486	62.7
Hispanic Whites (1999)	17,995	25.4
Blacks (1999)	3,277	4.6
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	3,582	5.0
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,623	2.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	19,300	27.2

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	18,562
Avg median household income (1997)	28,565
Persons in poverty (1997)	12,699
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	15