HEALTH CARE SNAPSHOT
Local health care data and information
COMPILED BY SHAWN ARRAJJ
2022 STATEWIDE HEALTH CARE RANKINGS OUT OF 244 COUNTIES
COMPARING COUNTY HEALTH These rankings of all counties statewide are updated annually but include data from previous years. The factors listed are not comprehensive.
HEALTH OUTCOMES INCLUDE:
• LENGTH OF LIFE • QUALITY OF LIFE , such as the number of poor mental and physical health days reported
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HEALTH FACTORS INCLUDE:
14 11 20 15 25 32 33
4 4
28 34 78
Length of life Overall
• 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
HARRIS COUNTY FORT BEND COUNTY MONTGOMERY COUNTY
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Quality of life HEALTH FACTORS
69
45
1 5
26 123
Overall
Health behaviors
99 TOLL
16 15
76
Socioeconomic Physical environment Clinical care
10
196 238
610
223
148
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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
TRACKING VACCINATIONS
HEALTH CARE EMPLOYMENT TRENDS HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT
Vaccine administrations peaked in early 2021 with several minor surges in August and November.
COUNTY VACCINATIONS BY WEEK 350,000 300,000 Peak
PERCENTAGE OF RESIDENTS AGE 5+ FULLY VACCINATED 2,969,446 - 67.89%
More than 25,000 health care jobs have been created in Harris County since 2019. Sept. 2019 Sept. 2020 Sept. 2021 +9.9% 264,738
322,349 70,108
4/5/2021
250,000
585,252 - 78.85%
4/5/2021 34,712 3/29/2021
200,000
2-year change +3.4% 2-year change +3.8% 2-year change
281,535
342,904 - 61%
150,000
291,070
100,000
29,798 29,156 30,812
17,691,090 - 65.24%
50,000
23,177
State average
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23,440 24,064
2020
2021
2022
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