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Local health care data and information

COMPILED BY VANESSA HOLT

COMPARING COUNTY HEALTH

TRACKING VACCINATIONS Vaccination rates for fully vaccinated individuals age 5 and older in Montgomery and Harris counties were above 60% as of June 9.

These rankings of all counties statewide are updated annually but include data from previous years. The factors listed are not comprehensive.

PERCENTAGE OF RESIDENTS AGE 5+ FULLY VACCINATED

TOTAL VACCINES ADMINISTERED 855,186

MONTGOMERY COUNTY HARRIS COUNTY

HEALTH OUTCOMES INCLUDE:

• LENGTH OF LIFE • QUALITY OF LIFE , such as the number of poor mental and physical health days reported

343,651: 61.15% 2.97 million : 68%

7.43 MILLION

2022 STATEWIDE HEALTH CARE RANKINGS OUT OF 244 COUNTIES

HEALTH FACTORS INCLUDE:

HEALTH CARE EMPLOYMENT TRENDS HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT Health care employment has grown more rapidly in Harris County than in Montgomery County since 2019, but both have seen growth.

• 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

HEALTH OUTCOMES

28 34 78

14 11 20 15 25 32 33

Length of life Overall Quality of life

Sept. 2019

Sept. 2020

Sept. 2021

2-year change +9.9%

2-year change +3.8%

HEALTH FACTORS

26 123

Overall

Health behaviors

Socioeconomic Physical environment Clinical care

193 238

SOURCES: ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN POPULATION HEALTH INSTITUTE, COUNTYHEALTHRANKINGS.ORG, U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICESCOMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER

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