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
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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
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.ORG 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 STATISTICS 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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