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Local health care data and information
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HOW HEALTHY IS YOUR COUNTY?
HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE BY COUNTY Nearly 1,000 new health care and social assistance industry employment jobs were added in Hays County from September 2020-September 2022.
These rankings of all counties statewide are updated annually but include data from previous years. The factors listed are not comprehensive.
Primary care physicians, 2022 Profession count
HEALTH OUTCOMES INCLUDE:
HAYS COUNTY
Per 100,000 residents
County rank statewide
• LENGTH OF LIFE • QUALITY OF LIFE , such as the number of poor mental and physical health days reported
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2023 STATEWIDE HEALTH CARE RANKINGS OUT OF 244 RANKED COUNTIES
HEALTH FACTORS INCLUDE:
Sept. 2020 Sept. 2021 Sept. 2022 HEALTH CARE EMPLOYMENT TRENDS Health care and social assistance industry employment 2-year change +15.01%
• 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
7 5
Length of life Overall Quality of life
10
HEALTH FACTORS
9 12 25 15
Overall
Health behaviors
Socioeconomic Physical environment Clinical care
SOURCES: ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN POPULATION HEALTH INSTITUTE, COUNTYHEALTHRANKINGS.ORG, U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES COMMUNITY IMPACT
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SAN MARCOS BUDA KYLE EDITION • JUNE 2023
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