Spring - Klein Edition | June 2022

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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