HEALTH CARE SNAPSHOT
Local health care data and information
COMPILED BY MIRANDA JAIMES
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
2 2 5 5 7 7 8
1 1 1
Length of life Overall
HEALTH FACTORS INCLUDE:
COLLIN COUNTY DENTON 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
2 1
Overall
Health behaviors
1
Socioeconomic Physical environment Clinical care
5
195
107
SOURCES: ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN POPULATION HEALTH INSTITUTE, COUNTYHEALTHRANKINGS.ORG COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
TRACKING VACCINATIONS
COVID-19 vaccines have been available since January 2021. Collin and Denton counties both reached a peak number of vaccinations in a week in early April 2021. Data is up to date as of May 23.
COUNTY VACCINATIONS BY WEEK 100,000
PERCENTAGE OF RESIDENTS AGE 5+ FULLY VACCINATED 699,226 - 72.62%
FULLY VACCINATED POPULATION AGE BREAKDOWN
4.74% 3.84%
5-11
Peak
1,402,914 1,799,376 Total
80,000
70,849 04/05/21 89,602 04/05/21
5.94% 5.14%
12-15
550,611 - 66.36%
51.64% 52.44%
16-49
60,000
22.52% 23.14%
50-64
40,000
12.18% 12.68%
65-79
17,672,479 - 65.53%
20,000
2.98% 2.76%
80+
State average
0% 0%
Unknown
0
NOTE: THE STATE DEFINES "FULLY VACCINATED" AS TWO DOSES OF PFIZER MODERNA VACCINES OR ONE DOSE OF THE JANSSEN VACCINE.
2020
2021
2022
SOURCE: TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT
Annual mean wage Employment DALLASFORT WORTH METRO MAY 2021 OCCUPATION ESTIMATES Dentists Pharmacists Physician assistants Occupational therapists Pediatricians* Registered nurses Family medicine physicians Physical therapists 6,310 240 2,400 62,840 3,520 3,920 2,830 2,660 $131,250 $248,580 $98,360 $82,260 $146,710 $96,980 $105,510 $226,070
HEALTH CARE EMPLOYMENT TRENDS After a slight dip from the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the number of people employed in health care industries is rebounding.
Sept. 2019
Sept. 2020
Sept. 2021
51,473
2-year change -2.20%
47,922
50,341
28,785
2-year change +2.64%
28,058
SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
29,545
*EXCLUSIVELY GENERAL PEDIATRICIANS WERE CONSIDERED FOR THIS DATA.
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FRISCO EDITION • JUNE 2022
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