HEALTH CARE SNAPSHOT
Local health care data and information
COMPILED BY VALERIE WIGGLESWORTH
2022 STATEWIDE HEALTH CARE RANKINGS OUT OF 244 COUNTIES
COMPARING COUNTY HEALTH These rankings of all counties statewide are updated annually but include data from previous years. The factors listed are not comprehensive.
HEALTH OUTCOMES INCLUDE:
• LENGTH OF LIFE • QUALITY OF LIFE , such as the number of poor mental and physical health days reported
HEALTH OUTCOMES
24 26 49
Length of life Overall
HEALTH FACTORS INCLUDE:
TARRANT COUNTY
• HEALTHBEHAVIORS , such as smoking, obesity, physical activity, excessive drinking, alcohol- impaired driving deaths, sexually transmitted infections and teen births • CLINICALCARE , including health insurance coverage; number of physicians, dentists and mental health providers; preventable hospital stays; and u vaccinations • SOCIOECONOMICFACTORS , such as educational attainment levels, children in poverty, income inequality and violent crimes • PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT FACTORS , such as air pollution, drinking water violations, housing problems and long commutes
Quality of life HEALTH FACTORS
18 35 31
Overall
Health behaviors
Socioeconomic Physical environment Clinical care
66 173
SOURCES: ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN POPULATION HEALTH INSTITUTE, COUNTYHEALTHRANKINGS.ORG COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
TRACKING VACCINATIONS
More than 61% of Tarrant County residents are now fully vaccinated. Data is up to date as of June 1, 2022.
COUNTY VACCINATIONS BY WEEK
PERCENTAGE OF RESIDENTS AGE 5+ FULLY VACCINATED 61.45%
FULLY VACCINATED POPULATION DEMOGRAPHICS
150,000
State
Peak
3,008,008 Total
6.12%
5.22%
Asian
X,XXX
120,000
129,901 04/05/2021
11.60%
7.73%
Black
90,000
24.02%
34.27%
Hispanic
65.65%
60,000
37.97%
31.36%
White
State average
30,000
17.93%
17.83%
Other
2.37%
3.59%
Unknown
0
2020
2021
2022
SOURCE: TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT
DALLAS FORT WORTH METRO MAY 2021 OCCUPATION ESTIMATES
HEALTH CARE EMPLOYMENT TRENDS Tarrant County health care industry employment numbers have yet to return to pre-COVID-19 levels, according to the latest data.
Annual mean wage
Employment
Sept. 2019
Sept. 2020
Sept. 2021
$131,250 $96,980 $82,260 $105,510 $98,360 $48,340 $146,710 $226,070
2,400 2,250 3,520 2,660
Dentists
Family medicine physicians
117,567
Occupational therapists
Paramedics
2-year change -1.46%
112,858
6,310
Pharmacists
3,920 2,830
Physical therapists Physician assistants
115,845
SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
62,840
Registered nurses
13
GRAPEVINE COLLEYVILLE SOUTHLAKE EDITION • JUNE 2022
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