HEALTH CARE EDITION 2023
HEALTH CARE SNAPSHOT
Local health care data and information
COMPILED BY ERIC WEILBACHER
WORKFORCE BY COUNTY
PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS, 2022
Profession count
Per 100,000 residents
County rank statewide
Comal County and Guadalupe County o er 66.2 and 42.9 primary care physicians, respectively, per 100,000 residents. Nearby Bexar and Hays counties have 81.6 and 65 physicians, respectively, per 100,000 residents.
63
104
66.2
127
77
42.9
COMAL COUNTY GUADALUPE COUNTY
281
LICENSED PSYCHOLOGISTS, 2022
35
Profession count
Per 100,000 residents
County rank statewide
46
33
20
12.7
10
93
6
3.3
N
SOURCES: TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH PROFESSIONS RESOURCE CENTER COMMUNITY IMPACT
HOW HEALTHY IS YOUR COUNTY?
These rankings of all counties statewide are updated annually but include data from previous years. The factors listed are not comprehensive.
2023 STATEWIDE HEALTH CARE RANKINGS OUT OF 244 RANKED COUNTIES
HEALTH OUTCOMES INCLUDE: HEALTH FACTORS INCLUDE: Length of life
Quality of life • Poor mental and physical health days reported
HEALTH OUTCOMES
18 17 35
19 11 12
Length of life Overall Quality of life
Health behaviors
Socioeconomic factors
• Smoking and excessive drinking • Obesity • Physical activity • Alcohol-impaired driving deaths • Sexually transmitted infections • Teen births
• Educational attainment levels • Children in poverty • Income inequality • Violent crimes
HEALTH FACTORS
33 25 49
8 9
Overall
Health behaviors
10 10
Socioeconomic Physical environment Clinical care
Clinical care
Physical environment factors
18
• Health insurance coverage • Number of physicians, dentists, mental health providers • Preventable hospital stays • Flu vaccinations
• Air pollution • Drinking water violations • Housing problems • Long commutes
113
189
SOURCES: ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN POPULATION HEALTH INSTITUTE, COUNTYHEALTHRANKINGS.ORG COMMUNITY IMPACT
EMPLOYMENT TRENDS Comal County saw an almost 10% increase in health care employment from 2020 to 2022.
HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT
SAN ANTONIO NEW BRAUNFELS METRO MAY 2022 OCCUPATIONS
Annual mean wage
Employment
Sept. 2020 Sept. 2021
Sept. 2022
$130,610 $158,420 $271,480 $239,980 $121,730 $48,030 $79,890 $397,180
270
Pharmacists Psychiatrists Optometrists
6,773 6,877
2-year change +9.58%
2,150
70
7,422
350 600
Obstetricians and gynecologists
SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS COMMUNITY IMPACT
Sept. 2020 Sept. 2021
Sept. 2022
Paramedics
1,810
Nurse practitioners
3,865
2-year change -2.35%
120
Radiologists
4,063
1,010
3,774
Dental hygienists
19
NEW BRAUNFELS EDITION • JUNE 2023
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