2022
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HEALTH CARE SNAPSHOT
Local health care data and information
COMPILED BY TRICIA SCHWENNESEN
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
HEALTH FACTORS INCLUDE:
38 44 82 17 43 24
Length of life Overall
• 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
BEXAR COUNTY
Quality of life HEALTH FACTORS
Overall
Health behaviors
Socioeconomic Physical environment Clinical care
136 146
SOURCES: ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN POPULATION HEALTH INSTITUTE, COUNTYHEALTHRANKINGS.ORG, U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
TRACKING VACCINATIONS
HEALTH CARE EMPLOYMENT TRENDS HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT Health care employment in Bexar County has seen a decline over the past two years. Sept. 2019 Sept. 2020 Sept. 2021
Bexar County hits its peak for vaccinations in April 2021. Data is up to date as of May 19.
COUNTY VACCINATIONS BY WEEK
PERCENTAGE OF RESIDENTS AGE 5+ FULLY VACCINATED Bexar: 69.29%
150,000
Peak
3,320,550 Total
120,000
04/05/21-04/11/21
141,420
90,000
Texas: 65.48%
- -4.57%
60,000
143,205
136,663
135,303
30,000
0
2020
2021
2022
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NORTH SAN ANTONIO EDITION • JUNE 2022
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