HEALTH CARE SNAPSHOT
Local health care data and information
COMPILED BY DANICA LLOYD
HOW HEALTHY IS YOUR COUNTY?
HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE BY COUNTY Fort Bend County ranks 58th among Texas counties in terms of primary care physicians per 100,000 residents. Data is up to date as of May 25. Primary care physicians, 2022 Profession count Per 100,000 residents County rank statewide 609 67.4 58
These rankings of all counties statewide are updated annually but include data from previous years. The factors listed are not comprehensive.
FORT BEND COUNTY
HEALTH OUTCOMES INCLUDE:
• LENGTH OF LIFE • QUALITY OF LIFE , such as the number of poor mental and physical health days reported
Psychiatrists, 2022 Profession count
Per 100,000 residents
County rank statewide
2023 STATEWIDE HEALTH CARE RANKINGS OUT OF 244 RANKED COUNTIES
HEALTH FACTORS INCLUDE:
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63
7
• 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
HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT
HEALTH OUTCOMES
4 4 9
Length of life Overall
Sept. 2020 Sept. 2021
Sept. 2022
Quality of life HEALTH FACTORS
29,156
+13.77% 2-year change
2 7
30,903
Overall
Health behaviors
33,170
12 13
Socioeconomic Physical environment Clinical care
SOURCES: COUNTYHEALTHRANKINGS.ORG, ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN POPULATION HEALTH INSTITUTE, U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICSCOMMUNITY IMPACT
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