Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	43
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	39
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)	0
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	1
Registered Nurses (1990)	226
Registered Dieticians (1990)	6

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	1
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)	0
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	0
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	0
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	0
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	0
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	0
Total admissions (1999)	2,938
Total beds (1999)	55
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	0
Inpatient days (1999)	11,272
Outpatient visits (1999)	91,279
Emergency Department visits (1999)	15,860

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	5	4,425
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	2	3,079
Other HMOs (1998)	3	1,346

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	48,295	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	40,223	83.3
Hispanic Whites (1999)	5,436	11.3
Blacks (1999)	1,799	3.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	615	1.3
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	222	0.5
Total Hispanics (1999)	5,632	11.7

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	16,949
Avg median household income (1997)	29,928
Persons in poverty (1997)	6,848
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	10
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	12