HEALTH CARE SNAPSHOT
Local health care data and information
COMPILED BY DANICA LLOYD & ANNA LOTZ
WORKFORCE BY COUNTY
PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS, 2022
Profession count
Per 100,000 residents
County rank statewide
Montgomery County trails Harris County for the number of psychologists per 100,000 residents, but has more primary care physicians per 100,000 residents.
23
609
93.4
31
4,607
89.2
MONTGOMERY COUNTY HARRIS COUNTY
59
45
LICENSED PSYCHOLOGISTS, 2022
290
99 TOLL
Profession count
Per 100,000 residents
County rank statewide
27
93
14.3
10
16
992
19.2
45
288
59
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SOURCES: TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH PROFESSIONS RESOURCE CENTER COMMUNITY IMPACT
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.
2023 STATEWIDE HEALTH CARE RANKINGS OUT OF 244 RANKED COUNTIES
HEALTH OUTCOMES INCLUDE: HEALTH FACTORS INCLUDE: Length of life
Quality of life • Poor mental and physical health days reported
HEALTH OUTCOMES
28 31 66
14 10 13
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
43 86 62
11 20 36 32
Overall
Health behaviors
Socioeconomic Physical environment Clinical care
Clinical care
Physical environment factors
127 241
• Health insurance coverage • Number of physicians, dentists, mental health providers • Preventable hospital stays • Flu vaccinations
• Air pollution • Drinking water violations • Housing problems • Long commutes
222
SOURCES: ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN POPULATION HEALTH INSTITUTE, COUNTYHEALTHRANKINGS.ORG COMMUNITY IMPACT
EMPLOYMENT TRENDS Montgomery County saw double- digit growth in health care and social assistance industry employment from 2020-22. Further, in May 2022, more than 58,000 registered nurses were employed across the Houston metro. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS COMMUNITY IMPACT
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
23,440
2-year change +12.35%
2,570 6,230
Emergency medical technicians
24,065
Pharmacists
26,336
170 110
Obstetricians and gynecologists
Cardioloigists
281,535
2-year change +6.72%
58,620
Registered nurses Physical therapists
291,440
3,320
300,449
270
Psychiatrists
17
TOMBALL MAGNOLIA EDITION • JUNE 2023
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