HEALTH CARE SNAPSHOT
Local health care data and information
COMPILED BY DANICA LLOYD & JAKE MAGEE
HOW HEALTHY IS YOUR COUNTY?
HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE BY COUNTY Brazoria and Galveston counties are comparable in terms of their health care workforces. Data is up to date as of May 16.
These rankings of all counties statewide are updated annually but include data from previous years. The factors listed are not comprehensive.
Primary care physicians, 2022 Profession count
BRAZORIA COUNTY GALVESTON COUNTY
HEALTH OUTCOMES INCLUDE:
Per 100,000 residents
County rank statewide
• LENGTH OF LIFE • QUALITY OF LIFE , such as the number of poor mental and physical health days reported
76 62
234
60
245
66.4
2023 STATEWIDE HEALTH CARE RANKINGS OUT OF 244 RANKED COUNTIES
HEALTH FACTORS INCLUDE:
Sept. 2020 Sept. 2021 Sept. 2022 HEALTH CARE EMPLOYMENT TRENDS Health care and social assistance industry employment 2-year change +1.95%
• HEALTH BEHAVIORS , 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 • SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS , 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
HEALTH OUTCOMES
52 46 58
16 14 25
Length of life Overall Quality of life
2-year change +2.01%
HEALTH FACTORS
23 42 44 81 76
38 40 28 38
Overall
Health behaviors
Socioeconomic Physical environment Clinical care
SOURCES: ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN POPULATION HEALTH INSTITUTE, COUNTYHEALTHRANKINGS.ORG, U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES COMMUNITY IMPACT
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