HEALTH CARE SNAPSHOT
Local health care data and information
COMPILED BY DANICA LLOYD
WORKFORCE BY COUNTY
PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS, 2022
Profession count
Per 100,000 residents
County rank statewide
Although Harris County is the largest of Texas’ 254 counties, it ranks 31st in terms of primary care physicians available per 100,000 residents, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. However, it ranks No. 14 in psychiatrists working compared to the overall population.
31 23 58
4,607
89.2
609
93.4
609
67.4
HARRIS COUNTY MONTGOMERY COUNTY FORT BEND COUNTY
59
PSYCHIATRISTS, 2022
45
290
99 TOLL
Profession count
Per 100,000 residents
County rank statewide
14 29 26
594
11.5
10
43
6.6
63
7
45
59
288
SOURCES: TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH PROFESSIONS RESOURCE CENTER 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
2023 STATEWIDE HEALTH CARE RANKINGS OUT OF 244 RANKED COUNTIES
Quality of life • Poor mental and physical health days reported
HEALTH OUTCOMES
14 10 13
4 4 9
28 31 66
Length of life Overall Quality of life
Health behaviors
Socioeconomic factors
• 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
11 20
2 7
43 86
Health behaviors Overall
32 36 222
12 13 224
127 62 241
Socioeconomic Physical environment Clinical care
Clinical care
Physical environment factors
• Health insurance coverage • Number of physicians, dentists, mental health providers • Preventable hospital stays • Flu vaccinations
• Air pollution • Drinking water violations • Housing problems • Long commutes
SOURCES: ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN POPULATION HEALTH INSTITUTE, COUNTYHEALTHRANKINGS.ORG COMMUNITY IMPACT
EMPLOYMENT TRENDS The Houston metro’s health care sector has continued to grow since the COVID-19 pandemic. Employment in this industry exceeded 300,000 in Harris County last fall.
HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT
HOUSTON METRO MAY 2022 OCCUPATION ESTIMATES
Sept. 2020 Sept. 2021
Sept. 2022
Annual mean wage
Employment
$38,050 $284,520 $384,720 $133,260 $88,880 $400,020 $179,490 $108,580
380
Anesthesiologists
2-year change +6.72% 2-year change +12.35% 2-year change +13.77%
281,535
2,570 6,230
Emergency medical technicians
291,440 300,449
Pharmacists
170 110
Obstetricians and gynecologists
23,440 24,065 26,336
Cardiologists
SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS COMMUNITY IMPACT
58,620
Registered nurses Physical therapists
29,156
3,320
30,903 33,170
270
Psychiatrists
13
CY FAIR EDITION • JUNE 2023
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