HEALTH CARE SNAPSHOT
Local health care data and information
COMPILED BY VALERIE WIGGLESWORTH
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
24 26 49
Length of life Overall
HEALTH FACTORS INCLUDE:
TARRANT 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
18 35 31
Overall
Health behaviors
Socioeconomic Physical environment Clinical care
66 173
195
SOURCES: ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN POPULATION HEALTH INSTITUTE, COUNTYHEALTHRANKINGS.ORG COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
TRACKING VACCINATIONS COUNTY COVID 19 VACCINATION DOSES BY WEEK 150,000
The percentage of residents age 5 and older who are fully vaccinated for COVID-19 is higher in Denton County compared with the state average. The percentage who are vaccinated in Tarrant County is lower than the state average. Data is up to date as of June 9.
PERCENTAGE OF RESIDENTS AGE 5+ FULLY VACCINATED 61.53%
FULLY VACCINATED POPULATION DEMOGRAPHICS
Peak
1,404,468 3,019,034 Total
6.11% 9.66%
Asian
120,000
129,901 04/05/2021 04/05/2021
11.61% 7.56%
Black
90,000
24.04% 17.35%
Hispanic
66.52%
70,866
60,000
37.94% 43.98%
White
17.96% 19.04%
Other
65.75%
30,000
2.35% 2.41%
Unknown
State average
0
2020
2021
2022
SOURCE: TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT
DALLAS FORT WORTH METRO MAY 2021 OCCUPATION ESTIMATES
HEALTH CARE EMPLOYMENT TRENDS Employment numbers in the health care industry have yet to return to pre-COVID-19 levels in Tarrant County, while Denton County is seeing growth, according to the latest data.
Annual mean wage
Employment
Sept. 2019
Sept. 2020
Sept. 2021
$131,250 $48,340 $98,360 $82,260 $96,980 $105,510 $146,710 $226,070
2,400 2,250 3,520 2,660
Dentists
117,567
Family medicine physicians
2-year change -1.46%
112,858
Occupational therapists
115,845
Paramedics
6,310
Pharmacists
28,785
3,920 2,830
Physical therapists Physician assistants
2-year change +2.76%
28,058
SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
29,579
62,840
Registered nurses
13
KELLER ROANOKE NORTHEAST FORT WORTH EDITION • JUNE 2022
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