HEALTH CARE SNAPSHOT
Local health care data and information
COMPILED BY BRIAN RASH
WORKFORCE BY COUNTY
PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS, 2022 Profession count
Per 100,000 residents
County rank statewide
Travis and Hays counties vary in terms of the number of primary care physicians employed. Travis County has the most with 1,413 total and 105.2 per 100,000 people.
65
165
65
13
XXXX 1,413
XXXX 105.2
HAYS COUNTY
195
29
TRAVIS COUNTY
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS, 2022
183
95
71
281
Profession count
Per 100,000 residents
County rank statewide
290
290
73
59
23.2
21
35
9
XXXX 710
XXXX 52.9
304
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SOURCES: HEALTH PROFESSIONS RESOURCE CENTER, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES 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.
2023 STATEWIDE HEALTH CARE RANKINGS OUT OF 244 RANKED COUNTIES
HEALTH OUTCOMES INCLUDE: HEALTH FACTORS INCLUDE: Length of life
Quality of life • Poor mental and physical health days reported
HEALTH OUTCOMES
6 8
7 5
Length of life Overall Quality of life
Health behaviors
Socioeconomic factors
27
10
• 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
HEALTH FACTORS
5 6 4
9 12 25 15
Overall
Health behaviors
Socioeconomic Physical environment Clinical care
Clinical care
Physical environment factors
13
• Health insurance coverage • Number of physicians, dentists, mental health providers • Preventable hospital stays • Flu vaccinations
• Air pollution • Drinking water violations • Housing problems • Long commutes
152
153
SOURCES: COUNTYHEALTHRANKINGS.ORG, ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN POPULATION HEALTH INSTITUTE COMMUNITY IMPACT
EMPLOYMENT TRENDS Travis and Hays counties saw signi cant increases in the number of health care professionals employed from September 2020 to September 2022. Hays County had a larger spike with a more than 15% increase in the two-year period.
HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT
AUSTIN ROUND ROCK METRO MAY 2022 OCCUPATION ESTIMATES
Sept. 2020 Sept. 2021
Sept. 2022
Annual mean wage
Employment
$178,110
660
Dentists, all other specialists
2-year change +15.01%
6,383
$123,370
530
Physician assistants
6,913
7,341
$71,200
90
Therapists
$86,720
14,730
Registered nurses
73,502
2-year change +14.99%
$269,090
300
Family medicine physicians
78,961
$62,390
1,020
Paramedics Veterinarians Optometrists
84,522
SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS COMMUNITY IMPACT
$123,850
740
$146,270
240
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SOUTHWEST AUSTIN DRIPPING SPRINGS EDITION • JUNE 2023
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