HEALTH CARE SNAPSHOT
Local health care data and information
COMPILED BY DANICA LLOYD & JAKE MAGEE
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:
52 39 50 61 65 61 97
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 GALVESTON COUNTY
Quality of life HEALTH FACTORS
26 123
Overall
Health behaviors
76
Socioeconomic Physical environment Clinical care
193 238
132
SOURCES: ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN POPULATION HEALTH INSTITUTE, COUNTYHEALTHRANKINGS.ORG, U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
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TRACKING VACCINATIONS Most of Galveston and Harris counties’ populations are fully vaccinated. Data is up to date as of June 20. COUNTY VACCINATION DOSES BY WEEK
HEALTH CARE EMPLOYMENT TRENDS HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT
PERCENTAGE OF RESIDENTS AGE 5+ FULLY VACCINATED 67.7%
350,000 300,000
Peak
518K 7.3M Total
23,358 4/5/2021 322,313 4/5/2021
Galveston County has seen a decrease in its number of health care employees. Sept. 2019 Sept. 2020 Sept. 2021 +9.9% -2.7%
250,000
200,000
64.25%
150,000
2-year change
2-year change
100,000
65.37%
50,000
0
State average
2020
2021
2022
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