Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	44
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	37
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	7
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	26
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	2
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	0
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	4
Registered Nurses (1990)	180
Registered Dieticians (1990)	13

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	5
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)	5
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	1
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	3
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	1
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	0
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	3,011
Total beds (1999)	153
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	35,026
Outpatient visits (1999)	201,389
Emergency Department visits (1999)	21,451

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	12	4,678
Traditional HMOs (1998)	3	217
IPA HMOs (1998)	0	0
Other HMOs (1998)	9	4,461

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	53,398	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	41,650	78.0
Hispanic Whites (1999)	6,120	11.5
Blacks (1999)	3,329	6.2
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	1,625	3.0
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	674	1.3
Total Hispanics (1999)	6,411	12.0

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	19,382
Avg median household income (1997)	36,184
Persons in poverty (1997)	7,500
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	6
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	13