Health & wellness
BY HALEY MCLEOD & CLAIRE SHOOP
Health & Wellness Guide
2025
Welcome to your annual CI Health & Wellness Edition! This brand new guide features the latest updates and resources on health and wellness in your community. All of the stories were written by our team of local journalists. In the inaugural Health & Wellness Edition, learn more about how runners have built a cultural scene in Austin, what IV drip therapy can do for you, stress management and how life expectancy varies in di erent parts of Travis County. Di erent from our annual Health Care Edition in June, this guide aims to inform our readers on how to be proactive about their health in 2025.
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County health data Travis County was above the state and national averages in most health rankings. The county di ered from the state of Texas on some of the individual metrics that went into the scores such as access to healthy food and exercise opportunities.
Snapshot
Health indicators
The data for all counties statewide is updated annually, but includes information from previous years.
Health outcomes measure the health of a community. Health factors include behaviors and access to care.
Health factor
Health outcome
Travis
Travis County
Texas
Least healthy in U.S. Most healthy in U.S.
Life expectancy Food insecurity
80.6 years
77.2 years
12% 5% 11% 23% 92% 15%
14% 8% 13% 18% 82% 20%
N
Limited access to healthy foods
Health outcomes
Adult smoking
Travis County
Excessive drinking
Access to exercise opportunities
Uninsured (under age 65)
State average National average
Ratio of population to primary care physicians Ratio of population to mental health providers Sleep fewer than 7 hours on average Commute alone for longer than 30 minutes Spend 50% or more of income on housing
1,190:1
1,660:1
Health factors
270:1 30% 37% 16%
640:1
Travis County
33% 39% 14%
National average
State average
SOURCE: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN POPULATION HEALTH INSTITUTE 2024 COUNTY HEALTH RANKINGS COMMUNITY IMPACT
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