Clark County ranks 6th healthiest county in Nevada, data used to guide students

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — An annual report from the Southern Nevada Well being District reveals that Clark County ranks the sixth healthiest county in Nevada.

That is out of 17 counties.

It charges areas primarily based on well being outcomes and components together with training, entry to well being and psychological well being care.

Among the findings reveal Clark County ranked third on the subject of size of life and fourth for well being behaviors.

The report additionally notes the ratio of main well being care physicians to populations. It was 1,700 to 1. Psychological well being suppliers have been over 400 to 1. A faculty of nursing educator at Nevada State Faculty spoke about how the information is used for these trying to enter the medical subject.

“I take advantage of the dashboard to speak and have college students perceive the affect of what is occurring in the neighborhood,” stated Daybreak Taylor, lecturer at Nevada State Faculty. “They wish to work in hospitals a whole lot of instances, however we inform them that is the place they stay, the place they perform they usually want to have the ability to determine sources in the neighborhood that may assist their sufferers after they discharge them.”

Daybreak continues saying there must be a continued effort to get extra well being care professionals to deal with psychological well being issued in the neighborhood.