BY GRACE DICKENS Health & wellness Health & Wellness Edition 2025
Readers, welcome to your annual CI Health & Wellness Edition! This brand new guide features the latest updates and resources on health and wellness in your community. All of the stories were written by our team of local journalists. This Health & Wellness edition kicks o our rst issue of the year, and also marks our return to delivering the Northwest Austin paper to every business mailbox each month. Everyone deserves to be informed about what is happening in their own backyards, and we believe this extends to our local businesses, the economic engine of our community. Happy New Year, cheers to good health!
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County health data Travis County performs better than the state average in health indicators such as life expectancy and number of those insured, while statewide numbers outpaced the county on the percent of those who drink excessively and spend more than 50% of their income on housing.
Snapshot
Health indicators
The data for all counties statewide is updated annually, but includes information from previous years.
These are some of the statistics that in uence the overall health and wellness of the county.
Travis
Health factor
Health outcome
Travis County
Texas
N
Least healthy in U.S. Most healthy in U.S.
Life expectancy Food insecurity
80.6 years
77.2 years
12% 5% 11% 23% 92% 15%
14% 8% 13% 18% 82% 20%
Limited access to healthy foods
Health outcomes
Adult smoking
Travis County
Excessive drinking
Access to exercise opportunities
Uninsured (under age 65)
State average National average
Ratio of population to primary care physicians Ratio of population to mental health providers Sleep fewer than 7 hours on average Commute alone for longer than 30 minutes Spend 50% or more of income on housing
1,190:1
1,660:1
Health factors
270:1 30% 37% 16%
640:1
Travis County
33% 39% 14%
National average
State average
SOURCE: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN POPULATION HEALTH INSTITUTE 2024 COUNTY HEALTH RANKINGS COMMUNITY IMPACT
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