HEALTH CARE SNAPSHOT
Local health care data and information
COMPILED BY LAUREN CANTERBERRY
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
18 16 34 20 26 39 27
19 10 13
Length of life Overall
HEALTH FACTORS INCLUDE:
COMAL COUNTY GUADALUPE 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
Quality of life HEALTH FACTORS
8 8
Overall
Health behaviors
12 11
Socioeconomic Physical environment Clinical care
198
110
SOURCES: ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN POPULATION HEALTH INSTITUTE, COUNTYHEALTHRANKINGS.ORG COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
TRACKING VACCINATIONS
As of May 26, more than 95,000 Comal County residents and 91,000 Guadalupe County residents have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, 64.97% and 58.39% of eligible residents, respectively.
COUNTY VACCINATIONS DOSES BY WEEK 14,000 12,000 Peak
PERCENTAGE OF RESIDENTS AGE 5+ FULLY VACCINATED 95,371 - 64.97%
FULLY VACCINATED POPULATION AGE BREAKDOWN
2.39% 3.16%
5-11
223,521 239,852 Total
4/12/21-4/18/21
4.17% 5.53%
12-15
10,000
9,279
91,336 - 58.39%
40.08% 45.89%
16-49
4/12/21-4/18/21
8,000
10,096
25.97% 24.54%
50-64
6,000
21.92% 16.61%
65-79
17,686,878 - 65.59%
4,000
5.45% 4.26%
80+
2,000
State average
0.02% 0.01%
Unknown
0
2020
2021
2022
SOURCE: TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT
SAN ANTONIO NEW BRAUNFELS METRO MAY 2021 OCCUPATION ESTIMATES
HEALTH CARE EMPLOYMENT TRENDS Since September 2019, Comal and Guadalupe counties have seen a 2.15% and 2.1% decrease in employment in the health care and social assistance industry, respectively.
Annual mean wage
Employment
Sept. 2019
Sept. 2020
Sept. 2021
800
$51,330 $34,140 $264,220 $240,520 $78,870 $186,710 $278,570 $99,630
Emergency medical technician Licensed vocational nurse Family medicine Obstetricians and gynecologists Pediatricians
7,155
6,190
2-year change -2.15%
6,892
390 400 500
7,001
4,146
18,720
Registered nurses Physical therapists Psychiatrists
2-year change -2.10%
3,865
1,320
SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
4,059
110
15
NEW BRAUNFELS EDITION • JUNE 2022
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