Georgetown - Edition | June 2022

HEALTH CARE SNAPSHOT

Local health care data and information

COMPILED BY CLAIRE SHOOP

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

3 3

6 6 7 3 6 4

Length of life Overall

HEALTH FACTORS INCLUDE:

WILLIAMSON 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

4

Quality of life HEALTH FACTORS

TRAVIS COUNTY

4 2 6 3

Overall

Health behaviors

Socioeconomic Physical environment Clinical care

19

87

179

SOURCES: ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN POPULATION HEALTH INSTITUTE, COUNTYHEALTHRANKINGS.ORG© COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER

TRACKING VACCINATIONS

In Travis and Williamson counties, the number of people getting a COVID-19 vaccine peaked in early April 2021, with smaller peaks occurring throughout the year. Data is up to date as of June 2.

COUNTY VACCINATION DOSES BY WEEK

FULLY VACCINATED POPULATION AGE BREAKDOWN

WILLIAMSON COUNTY

150,000

TRAVIS COUNTY STATE AVERAGE

Peak

5.79%

4.77%

5-11

X,XXX 04/05/2021 56,967 126,098 04/05/2021

120,000

PERCENTAGE OF RESIDENTS AGE 5+ FULLY VACCINATED 73.42%

5.66%

4.9%

12-15

90,000

51.04%

58.47%

16-49

60,000

20.39%

18.78%

50-64

73.86%

30,000

13.7%

10.66%

65-79

65.66%

3.42%

2.4%

80+

0

2020

2021

2022

NOTE: NUMBERS MAY NOT EQUAL 100% DUE TO ROUNDING. SOURCE: TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES©COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER

HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT

AUSTINŒROUND ROCK METRO MAY 2021 OCCUPATION ESTIMATES

HEALTH CARE EMPLOYMENT TRENDS From September 2019-September 2021, the number of people employed in the health care sector has increased slightly, although fewer people in both Williamson and Travis counties worked in this industry in September 2020.

WILLIAMSON COUNTY

Annual mean wage

Employment

Sept. 2019

Sept. 2020

Sept. 2021

390

$375,200 $145,170

Dentists Obstetricians and gynecologists Paramedics

19,781

90

2-year change +1.45%

19,453 20,067

$56,150

1,030

110

$100,900 $133,540 $298,760 $84,830 $81,430

Pediatricians Pharmacists

TRAVIS COUNTY

1,200 1,740

Sept. 2019

Sept. 2020

Sept. 2021

Physical therapists Registered nurses Speech-language pathologists

78,542 77,774

2-year change +6.26%

12,450

SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS© COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER

1,260

83,457

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