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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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TRAVIS COUNTY
195
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS, 2022
29
Profession count
Per 100,000 residents
County rank statewide
183
95
71
281
9
290
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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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NORTH CENTRAL AUSTIN EDITION • JUNE 2023
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