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<br /> <br /> <br />Orange is Healthiest County in State <br /> <br />By Blake Hodge <br />Posted March 26, 2015 at 9:34 am <br /> <br />County-by-County Health Reports were released by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, on <br />Wednesday. <br />Orange County is the healthiest county in the Tar Heel state, according to the newly-released data. <br />Andrea Ducas, Program Officer with Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, says there is more to the report <br />than a ranking. <br />“What we really hope folks will do is, in addition to looking at where their counties rank, is really digging <br />into the data,” she says, “to get a better sense of how where we live, where we work, and where we’re <br />playing have to deal with how healthy we are.” <br />Ducas says Orange County is excelling in areas including premature deaths, adult smoking rate, and an <br />increased rate of physical activity. <br />She adds having a healthy county extends far beyond immediate access to high-quality medical care. <br />“Individual health behaviors – whether folks in a community smoke, whether they have good access to <br />diet and exercise opportunities,” Ducas says, “and also some social and economic factors like <br />employment rates, graduation rates, what income looks lik e in a county, and physical environment <br />conditions all go into a county’s rank.”