On Air Today: Orange County's 2023 Community Health Assessment

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Every four years, Orange County conducts an extensive Community Health Assessment. Officials just released the latest one, identifying three key priorities for the county: improving access to care; improving behavioral health, including mental health as well as substance-use issues; and connecting residents to available resources for health and wellness.

Click here to read the full 156-page report.

In general, the 2023 assessment found Orange County outperforming the state average on nearly every metric, but there’s one glaring exception: the infant mortality rate among African-Americans is much higher in Orange County than it is across all of North Carolina.

Visit Healthy Carolinians of Orange County’s page to learn more and take a short survey.

Aaron discussed the Community Health Assessment with McKayla Creed, the coordinator of Healthy Carolinians of Orange County.