HEALTH CARE SNAPSHOT
COMPILED BY SHAWN ARRAJJ, DANICA LLOYD & HANNAH ZEDAKER
Local health care data and information
COMPARING COUNTY HEALTH
TRACKING VACCINATIONS Vaccination rates for fully vaccinated individuals age 5 and older in Harris, Montgomery and Fort Bend counties were above 60% as of June 13.
These rankings of all counties statewide are updated annually but include data from previous years. The factors listed are not comprehensive.
PERCENTAGE OF RESIDENTS AGE 5+ FULLY VACCINATED
TOTAL VACCINES ADMINISTERED
HARRIS COUNTY
HEALTH OUTCOMES INCLUDE:
• LENGTH OF LIFE • QUALITY OF LIFE , such as the number of poor mental and physical health days reported
FORT BEND COUNTY MONTGOMERY COUNTY
7.45 MILLION
68.04% 61.2%
857,070
1.5 MILLION
79.08%
2022 STATEWIDE HEALTH CARE RANKINGS OUT OF 244 COUNTIES
HEALTH CARE EMPLOYMENT TRENDS HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT Health care employment has grown more rapidly in Harris County than in Montgomery or Fort Bend counties. However, all three have experienced sector growth in recent years.
HEALTH FACTORS INCLUDE:
• 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
HEALTH OUTCOMES
4 4
14 11 20 15 25 32 33
28 34 78
Length of life Overall Quality of life
Sept. 2019
Sept. 2020
Sept. 2021
2-year change +3.8%
2-year change +3.4%
2-year change +9.9%
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HEALTH FACTORS
1 5
26 123
Overall
Health behaviors
16 15
76
Socioeconomic Physical environment Clinical care
193 238
SOURCES: BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN POPULATION HEALTH INSTITUTE, COUNTYHEALTHRANKINGS.ORG COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
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