HEALTH CARE SNAPSHOT
Local health care data and information
COMPILED BY DANICA LLOYD & JAKE MAGEE
WORKFORCE BY COUNTY
PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS, 2022
Profession count
Per 100,000 residents
County rank statewide
Harris County has more primary care physicians and psychiatrists per capita and has higher statewide ranks than Galveston County.
31
89.2
4,607
59
62
245
66.4
45
HARRIS COUNTY GALVESTON COUNTY
290
99 TOLL
PSYCHIATRISTS, 2022
Profession count
Per 100,000 residents
County rank statewide
10
14
11.5
594
59
45
30
288
24
6.5
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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.
HEALTH OUTCOMES INCLUDE: HEALTH FACTORS INCLUDE: Length of life
2023 STATEWIDE HEALTH CARE RANKINGS OUT OF 244 RANKED COUNTIES
Quality of life • Poor mental and physical health days reported
HEALTH OUTCOMES
52 46 58
28 31 66
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
23 42 44 81 76
43 86 62
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
SOURCES: ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN POPULATION HEALTH INSTITUTE, COUNTYHEALTHRANKINGS.ORG COMMUNITY IMPACT
EMPLOYMENT TRENDS In September 2022, both Harris and Galveston counties saw increases since September 2020 in health care and social assistance industry employment. However, Galveston County’s September 2022 numbers were less than September 2021.
HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT
HOUSTON METRO MAY 2022 OCCUPATION ESTIMATES
Sept. 2020 Sept. 2021
Sept. 2022
Annual mean wage
Employment
380
$38,050 $284,520 $384,720 $133,260 $88,880 $400,020 $108,580 $179,490
Anesthesiologists
281,535
+6.72%
2,570 6,230
Emergency medical technicians
2-year change
291,440
Pharmacists
300,449
170 110
Obstetricians and gynecologists
Cardiologists
9,675
SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS COMMUNITY IMPACT
+2.01%
58,620
Registered nurses Physical therapists
2-year change
10,109
3,320
9,869
270
Psychiatrists
15
BAY AREA EDITION • JUNE 2023
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