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HEALTH CARE SNAPSHOT
Local health care data and information
COMPILED BY DANICA LLOYD & DANIEL WEEKS
WORKFORCE BY COUNTY
PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS, 2022
Profession count
Per 100,000 residents
County rank statewide
These rankings of all counties statewide are updated annually but include data from previous years. The factors listed are not comprehensive.
31 211 58
4,607
89.2
6 609
11.5
HARRIS COUNTY WALLER COUNTY FORT BEND COUNTY
67.4
59
45
PSYCHIATRISTS, 2022
290
99 TOLL
Profession count
Per 100,000 residents
County rank statewide
45 14 47 26 SOURCES: TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH PROFESSIONS RESOURCE CENTER COMMUNITY IMPACT HOW HEALTHY IS YOUR COUNTY? These rankings of all counties statewide are updated annually but include data from previous years. The factors listed are not comprehensive. HEALTH OUTCOMES INCLUDE: HEALTH FACTORS INCLUDE: Length of life Quality of life • Poor mental and physical health days reported Health behaviors Socioeconomic factors 59 288 10 N 594 2 63 11.5 3.8 7 Length of life Overall 28 31 66 22 25 51 4 4 9 HEALTH OUTCOMES 2023 STATEWIDE HEALTH CARE RANKINGS OUT OF 244 RANKED COUNTIES
Quality of life HEALTH FACTORS
• Smoking and excessive drinking • Obesity • Physical activity • Alcohol-impaired driving deaths • Sexually transmitted infections • Teen births
• Educational attainment levels • Children in poverty • Income inequality • Violent crimes
2 7
54 96
43 86 62
Overall
Health behaviors
12 13
192
Socioeconomic Physical environment Clinical care
77
127 241
Clinical care
Physical environment factors
224
238
• Health insurance coverage • Number of physicians, dentists, mental health providers • Preventable hospital stays • Flu vaccinations
• Air pollution • Drinking water violations • Housing problems • Long commutes
SOURCES: ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN POPULATION HEALTH INSTITUTE, COUNTYHEALTHRANKINGS.ORG COMMUNITY IMPACT
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KATY NORTH EDITION • JUNE 2023
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