Cypress Edition | June 2023

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

19

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