Community Data and Statistics
State of the County Health Report
During the three interim years between Community Health Assessments, the local health departments are required to do a State-of-the-County’s Health (SOTCH) Report that will:
- Track priority issues identified in the Community Health Assessment
- Identify emerging issues
- Highlight new initiatives
The State-of-the-County’s Health Report includes the following:
- A review of major morbidity and mortality data for the county
- A review of the health concerns selected as priorities
- Progress made in the last year on these priorities
- A review of any changes in the data that guided the selection of these priorities
- Other changes in your county that affect health concerns (such as economic and/or political changes, new funds or grants available to address health problems)
- New and emerging issues that affect health status
- Ways community members can get involved with ongoing efforts
Reports
- 2022 State of the County Health Report (PDF)
- 2021 State of the County Health Report (PDF)
- 2020 State of the County Health Report (PDF)
- 2018 State of the County Health Report (PDF)
- 2017 State of the County Health Report (PDF)
- 2016 State of the County Health Report (PDF)Done Editing
Community Health Assessment
What is a Community Health Assessment?
Community health assessment is the foundation for improving and promoting the health of community members. The role of community assessment is to identify factors that affect the health of a population and determine the availability of resources within the community to adequately address these factors. It is a "systematic collection, assembly, analysis, and dissemination of information about the health of the community".
Resources for Health Information
Want to conduct your own research into health status and issues in Yadkin County and North Carolina? View some websites you can use to gather data:
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention
- County Health Rankings and Road Maps
- NC State Center for Health Statistics
- Trust for America’s Health