Southwest Austin - Dripping Springs Edition | June 2021

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HEALTH CARE SNAPSHOT

COMPILED BY JACK FLAGLER

COMPARING COUNTY HEALTH

COMBATING COVID19

These rankings are updated annually but include data from previous years. There are other factors included that are not listed.

More than half of Travis County’s total population is fully vaccinated as of mid-June, surpassing the average for Texas and neighboring counties. Data is up to date as of June 21.

TRAVIS COUNTY

HEALTH OUTCOMES INCLUDE:

COUNTYVACCINATIONS

78749

78735

78736

• LENGTHOF LIFE • QUALITYOF LIFE , such as the number of poor mental and physical health days reported

WILLIAMSON COUNTY

78620

TOTAL POPULATION WITH AT LEAST ONE DOSE

78745

HAYS COUNTY

60.99%

78747

78737

59.59% 55.03%

78739

74748

HEALTH FACTORS INCLUDE:

2021 STATEWIDE HEALTH CARE RANKINGS OUT OF 243 COUNTIES

• HEALTHBEHAVIORS , such as smoking, obesity, physical activity, excessive drinking, alcohol-impaired driving deaths, sexually transmitted infections and teen births • CLINICAL CARE , including health insurance coverage; number of physicians, dentists and mental health providers; preventable hospital stays; and u vaccinations • SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS , 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

VACCINATIONS BY ZIP CODE

HEALTH OUTCOMES

48.13%

PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL POPULATION FULLY VACCINATED 78620 54.39%

5 7 14

7 8

3 2 2

Length of life Overall Quality of life

State average

TOTAL POPULATION WHO ARE FULLY VACCINATED

59.91% 48.86% 46.93% 52.55% 52.63% 59.99% 49.69% 63.68%

78737 78739 78735 78736 78747 78745 78748 78749

51.83%

HEALTH FACTORS

50.39% 45.92%

4 7

26 12 26

3 2

Overall

Health behaviors Socioeconomic Physical environment Clinical care

40.56%

15 4 209

2 3 168

State average

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

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SOUTHWEST AUSTIN DRIPPING SPRINGS EDITION • JUNE 2021