HEALTH CARE SNAPSHOT
Local health care data and information
COMPILED BY ZARA FLORES
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
7 8
Length of life Overall
HEALTH FACTORS INCLUDE:
HAYS COUNTY
• 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
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Quality of life HEALTH FACTORS
9 14 27 18
Overall
Health behaviors
Socioeconomic Physical environment Clinical care
227
SOURCES: ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN POPULATION HEALTH INSTITUTE, COUNTYHEALTHRANKINGS.ORG COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
TRACKING VACCINATIONS
As of June 6, more than 145,000 Hays County residents, or 67.45% of those eligible, have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
COUNTY VACCINATION DOSES BY WEEK
PERCENTAGE OF RESIDENTS AGE 5+ FULLY VACCINATED 145,219 - 67.45%
FULLY VACCINATED POPULATION DEMOGRAPHICS
21,000 18,000
State
Peak
371,273 Total
1.69%
5.22%
Asian
19,250 04/05/21- 04/11/21
15,000
2.63%
7.73%
Black
12,000
28.16%
34.28%
Hispanic
17,686,878 - 65.59%
9,000
40.36%
31.35%
White
6,000
State average
20%
17.84%
Other
3,000
7.16%
3.58%
Unknown
0
2020
2021
2022
SOURCE: TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT
AUSTIN ROUND ROCK METRO MAY 2021 OCCUPATION ESTIMATES
HEALTH CARE EMPLOYMENT TRENDS From September 2019 to September 2021, Hays County has seen a 1.93% increase in employment within the health care and social assistance industry.
Annual mean wage
Employment
Sept. 2019
Sept. 2020
Sept. 2021
520
$52,800 $40,190 $375,200 $271,910 $81,430 $298,760 $304,200 $100,900
Emergency medical technician Licensed vocational nurse Family medicine physicians Obstetricians and gynecologists Pediatricians
3,550
6,904
340
90
2-year change +1.93%
6,528
110
12,450
Registered nurses Physical therapists Psychiatrists
1,200
7,037
SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
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SAN MARCOS BUDA KYLE EDITION • JUNE 2022
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