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<br /> <br /> NEWS <br />Orange County Ranks First in North Carolina for <br />Health Factors <br />Posted by Bruce Rosenbloom | Apr 7, 2017 | Health | 0 <br />Residents of Orange County may be among the healthiest in North Carolina according to an annual report on <br />national wellness profiles from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. <br />Stacy Shelp, the public information officer of the Orange County Health Department, referred to that report <br />while discussing the two categories in which all counties were assessed. <br />“Orange County once again does fall right at the top of the charts for the county health rankings,” she relayed. <br />“We are ranked number one for health factors and number two for health outcomes.” <br />The report measures the current overall health of nearly every county in all 50 states, with researchers having <br />used multiple data points to judge which counties are healthier than others. <br />“Health factors where we are number one are things like health behaviors, clinical care, social and economic <br />factors,” explained Shelp. “With health outcomes, you’re really looking at length of life and quality of life.” <br />Impeccable health care may be available in Orange County, but Shelp also mentioned that a high level of <br />income inequality among residents was cited in the report.