HEALTH CARE SNAPSHOT
Local health care data and information
COMPILED BY DARCY SPRAGUE
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
6 6 7 3 6 4
7 8
Length of life Overall
HEALTH FACTORS INCLUDE:
TRAVIS COUNTY HAYS COUNTY
• 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
17
Quality of life HEALTH FACTORS
9 14 27 18
Overall
Health behaviors
Socioeconomic Physical environment Clinical care
19
179
227
SOURCES: ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN POPULATION HEALTH INSTITUTE, COUNTYHEALTHRANKINGS.ORG¥ COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
TRACKING VACCINATIONS
In Travis and Hays counties, the number of people getting a COVID-19 vaccine peaked in early April 2021, with smaller peaks occurring throughout the year. Data is up to date as of June 14.
COUNTY COVID VACCINATION DOSES BY WEEK
FULLY VACCINATED POPULATION DEMOGRAPHICS
TRAVIS COUNTY HAYS COUNTY STATE AVERAGE
175,000 150,000
1.68%
6.61%
Asian
PERCENTAGE OF RESIDENTS AGE 5+ FULLY VACCINATED
Peak
2.63% 3.95%
Black
125,000
19,253 04/05/2021 126,080 04/05/2021
100,000
28.17% 23.1%
87.47%
Hispanic
75,000
20.04% 23.51%
White
78.67%
50,000
7.14% 3.75%
Other
25,000
65.82%
40.34% 39.09%
Unknown
0
2020
2021
2022
SOURCE: TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES¥COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT
AUSTINROUND ROCK METRO MAY 2021 OCCUPATION ESTIMATES
HEALTH CARE EMPLOYMENT TRENDS From September 2019-September 2021, the number of people employed in the health care sector has increased slightly, although fewer people in both Hays and Travis counties worked in this industry in September 2020.
TRAVIS COUNTY Sept. 2019
Annual mean wage
Employment
Sept. 2020
Sept. 2021
390
$375,200 $145,170
Dentists Obstetricians and gynecologists Paramedics
78,542 77,774
90
2-year change +6.26%
$56,150
1,030
83,457
110
$100,900 $133,540 $298,760 $84,830 $81,430
Pediatricians Pharmacists
HAYS COUNTY Sept. 2019
1,200 1,740
Sept. 2020
Sept. 2021
Physical therapists Registered nurses Speech-language pathologists
6,904
2-year change +1.93%
12,450
6,528
SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS¥ COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
1,260
7,037
21
SOUTHWEST AUSTIN DRIPPING SPRINGS EDITION • JUNE 2022
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