North Central Austin Edition | June 2023

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HEALTH CARE SNAPSHOT

Local health care data and information

COMPILED BY BRIAN RASH

WORKFORCE BY COUNTY

PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS, 2022 Profession count

Per 100,000 residents

County rank statewide

The number of primary care physicians employed varies by county. Travis County has more than the neighboring Hays and Williamson Counties with 1,413 total and 105.2 per 100,000 people.

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XXXX 105.2

TRAVIS COUNTY

195

PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS, 2022

29

Profession count

Per 100,000 residents

County rank statewide

183

95

71

281

9

290

XXXX 710

XXXX 52.9

290

21

35

304

SOURCES: HEALTH PROFESSIONS RESOURCE CENTER, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES COMMUNITY IMPACT

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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 Quality of life • Poor mental and physical health days reported Health behaviors Socioeconomic factors Length of life Overall HEALTH OUTCOMES 2023 STATEWIDE HEALTH CARE RANKINGS OUT OF 244 RANKED COUNTIES 6 8

27

Quality of life

• 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

5 6 4

Overall

Health behaviors

Socioeconomic Physical environment Clinical care

Clinical care

Physical environment factors

13

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

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

152

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

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