HNC 2030 Scorecard: Alexander County (2022-2025)

Every four years the Alexander County Health Department completes a comprehensive Community Health Assessment as required by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. This assessment allows us to gather information used to better understand the community’s health concerns, document health status trends and catalyze developing strategies to assess the community health problems.

Community Health Assessments are the foundation for improving and promoting the health of community members. The role of the Community Health Assessment is to identify factors that affect the health of a population and to determine the availability of resources within the community to adequately address these factors. In 2022 the process consisted of three primary steps: survey the community, analyze the data collected, and select health priorities. While the Health Department is the lead agency in conducting the assessment, existing community partnerships are utilized throughout the process to ensure the evaluation truly reflects the community’s needs. The Healthy Alexandrians Task Force is commissioned with analyzing and determining health priorities for Alexander County. Healthy Alexandrians is comprised of a mixture of government agencies, private industry leaders, the non-profit community, and interested community members who are concerned with the ongoing health needs of our community. These individuals, along with the Alexander County Board of Health, examined the survey results and health data to make a final determination of health priorities for the next four years.

Statistical data presented in the report represents the most recent information available at the time the assessment was completed. Health survey results vary and represent the opinion of the person completing the survey.

This Scorecard is being used to illustrate the priority health needs in Alexander County as identified through our Community Health Assessment process and the efforts to address them.  Scorecard utilizes the Results-Based Accountability/Scorecard processes through the North Carolina Division of Public Health and Clear Impact.  More information is available at:

• Alexander County State of the County Health (SOTCH) Report 2023
• Alexander County Community Health Assessment 2022
• Healthy North Carolina 2030
• North Carolina State Health Improvement Plan

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