HEALTH CARE SNAPSHOT
Local health care data and information
COMPILED BY CLAIRE SHOOP
2022 STATEWIDE HEALTH CARE RANKINGS OUT OF 244 COUNTIES
COMPARING COUNTY HEALTH These rankings of all counties statewide are updated annually but include data from previous years. The factors listed are not comprehensive.
HEALTH OUTCOMES INCLUDE:
• LENGTH OF LIFE • QUALITY OF LIFE , such as the number of poor mental and physical health days reported
HEALTH OUTCOMES
3 3
6 6 7 3 6 4
Length of life Overall
HEALTH FACTORS INCLUDE:
WILLIAMSON COUNTY
• 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
4
Quality of life HEALTH FACTORS
TRAVIS COUNTY
4 2 6 3
Overall
Health behaviors
Socioeconomic Physical environment Clinical care
19
87
179
SOURCES: ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN POPULATION HEALTH INSTITUTE, COUNTYHEALTHRANKINGS.ORG COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
TRACKING VACCINATIONS
In Travis and Williamson counties, the number of people getting a COVID-19 vaccine peaked in early April 2021, with smaller peaks occurring throughout the year. Data is up to date as of June 2.
COUNTY VACCINATION DOSES BY WEEK
FULLY VACCINATED POPULATION AGE BREAKDOWN
WILLIAMSON COUNTY
150,000
TRAVIS COUNTY STATE AVERAGE
Peak
5.79%
4.77%
5-11
X,XXX 04/05/2021 56,967 126,098 04/05/2021
120,000
PERCENTAGE OF RESIDENTS AGE 5+ FULLY VACCINATED 73.42%
5.66%
4.9%
12-15
90,000
51.04%
58.47%
16-49
60,000
20.39%
18.78%
50-64
73.86%
30,000
13.7%
10.66%
65-79
65.66%
3.42%
2.4%
80+
0
2020
2021
2022
NOTE: NUMBERS MAY NOT EQUAL 100% DUE TO ROUNDING. SOURCE: TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT
AUSTIN ROUND ROCK METRO MAY 2021 OCCUPATION ESTIMATES
HEALTH CARE EMPLOYMENT TRENDS From September 2019-September 2021, the number of people employed in the health care sector has increased slightly, although fewer people in both Williamson and Travis counties worked in this industry in September 2020.
WILLIAMSON COUNTY
Annual mean wage
Employment
Sept. 2019
Sept. 2020
Sept. 2021
390
$375,200 $145,170
Dentists Obstetricians and gynecologists Paramedics
19,781
90
2-year change +1.45%
19,453 20,067
$56,150
1,030
110
$100,900 $133,540 $298,760 $84,830 $81,430
Pediatricians Pharmacists
TRAVIS COUNTY
1,200 1,740
Sept. 2019
Sept. 2020
Sept. 2021
Physical therapists Registered nurses Speech-language pathologists
78,542 77,774
2-year change +6.26%
12,450
SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
1,260
83,457
21
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