The Woodlands Edition | June 2023

HEALTH CARE SNAPSHOT

Local health care data and information

COMPILED BY VANESSA HOLT & DANICA LLOYD

WORKFORCE BY COUNTY

PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS, 2022

Profession count

Per 100,000 residents

County rank statewide

Montgomery County is ranked 23rd in the state in employment of primary care physicians, with 93.4 per 100,000 people as of the most recent data available for 2022. However, it employs 6.6 psychiatrists per 100,000 people, almost half of the number employed in Harris County.

23

609

93.4

31

4,607

89.2

MONTGOMERY COUNTY HARRIS COUNTY

59

PSYCHIATRISTS, 2022

45

290

Profession count

Per 100,000 residents

County rank statewide

99 TOLL

29

43

6.6

10

14

594

11.5

45

288

59

N

SOURCES: TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH PROFESSIONS RESOURCE CENTERŸ 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

28 31 66

14 10 13

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

43 86 62

11 20 36 32

Overall

Health behaviors

Socioeconomic Physical environment Clinical care

Clinical care

Physical environment factors

127 241

• Health insurance coverage • Number of physicians, dentists, mental health providers • Preventable hospital stays • Flu vaccinations

• Air pollution • Drinking water violations • Housing problems • Long commutes

222

SOURCES: ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN POPULATION HEALTH INSTITUTE, COUNTYHEALTHRANKINGS.ORGŸ COMMUNITY IMPACT

EMPLOYMENT TRENDS Montgomery County has seen a larger percent increase in health care employment than Harris County from 2020-22, with more than 12% growth in employment in that time period.

HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT

HOUSTON METRO MAY 2022 OCCUPATION ESTIMATES

Sept. 2020 Sept. 2021

Sept. 2022

Annual mean wage

Employment

$38,050 $284,520 $384,720 $133,260 $88,880 $400,020 $179,490 $108,580

380

Anesthesiologists

23,440 24,065 26,336

2-year change +12.35%

2,570 6,230

Emergency medical technicians

Pharmacists

170 110

Obstetricians and gynecologists

SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICSŸ COMMUNITY IMPACT

Cardiologists

281,535 291,440

2-year change +6.72%

58,620

Registered nurses Physical therapists

3,320

300,449

270

Psychiatrists

27

THE WOODLANDS EDITION • JUNE 2023

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