Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	38
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	31
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	7
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	17
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	2
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	0
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	2
Registered Nurses (1990)	289
Registered Dieticians (1990)	15

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	2
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)	1
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	0
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	1
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	1
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	1
Total admissions (1999)	2,492
Total beds (1999)	66
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	8,877
Outpatient visits (1999)	54,959
Emergency Department visits (1999)	14,336

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	12	4,693
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	3	961
Other HMOs (1998)	9	3,732

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	38,310	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	6,502	17.0
Hispanic Whites (1999)	30,611	79.9
Blacks (1999)	353	0.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	413	1.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	431	1.1
Total Hispanics (1999)	31,100	81.2

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	14,860
Avg median household income (1997)	21,861
Persons in poverty (1997)	10,825
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	8
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	20
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	15