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Top Ten Community Concerns and Related Data Access to Care (28%) Physical Activity and Nutrition (16%) Food Insecurity(lack of access,at times,to enough food for an active, healthy life for Licensed Physicians per 10,000 population all household members and limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate foods) • Orange County-120 • Orange County-12.7% • North Carolina-24 • North Carolina-14.6% Children Uninsured residents under age 65 • Orange County-15.5% • North Carolina-20.1% • Orange County-15.6% Recipients of SNAP Benefits • North Carolina-23% • Orange County-7.3% • North Carolina-13.7% Mental Health (11%) County Growth and Infrastructure (10%) Population Density (Although spread across the county it's not a huge increase, much of this growth has occurred in urban areas, which only represents about 13% of the land in Orange County) Older Adults on Medicaid Who Are Depressed • 2000-296 per square mile • Orange County-21.5% • 2010-336 • North Carolina-19.0% 2017-361 In the past 19 years, Orange County has grown by almost 30,000 peo- ple. Substance Abuse (8%) Health Promotion (7%) All Medication and Drug Poisoning Death Rate per 100,000 Rank Leading Cause of Death Rate per 100,000 people • Orange County-9.0 • North Carolina-24.1 Cancer—All Site 136.0 Alcohol Related Crashes 2 Diseases of the Heart 105.2 • Orange County-4.8% F'3 Cerebrovascular Disease 26.2 • North Carolina-4.0% Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 25.3 High School Vaping in the Last 30 Days • Orange County-13% Other Unintentional Injuries 24.1 Income and Employment (5%) Social Justice (4%) "In my community, people of all races,ethnicities, backgrounds, and beliefs are treat- Orange County Population That Lives in Poverty ed fairly." • Agreed-51% • Orange County-14.0% • Disagree-49% • North Carolina-16.1% Under Age 18 Equality:To treat everyone exactly the same.An equality emphasis often ignores historical and structural factors that benefit some social groups/communities and • Orange County-9.3% harms other social groups/communities. • North Carolina-22.9% Racial Equity:To treat everyone fairly.An equity emphasis seeks to render justice by Unem deeply considering structural factors that benefit some social groups/communities and harms other social groups/communities.Sometimes justice demands,for the pur- • Orange County-5.2% pose of equity,an unequal response. • North Carolina-7.2% Racism: Racism is different from racial prejudice, hatred,or discrimination. Racism involves one group having the power to carry out systematic discrimination through the major institutions of society. Racism is a system. Housing (4%) Environmental Health (4%) Of the residents in Orange County who rent,48.4%pay more than 30%of their in- come on towards rent. A family would need to make$18.26 per hour or an annual salary of$37,980 in order to afford Fair Market Rent for a 2 bedroom apartment that costs$1,055 per month. Some of the concerns brought up regarding environmental health were • Climate change This is considered rent burdened. For low-income families(family income under 200 percent of federal poverty threshold),who are more likely than more affluent fami- • Waste and pollution,especially in neighborhoods lies to rent than own housing and have fewer resources available to devote to rent, the experience of rent burden is particularly acute. Renters may have to make deci- sions about how to manage the rest of their money once the rent is paid and some- . Air quality times things like food, medication,and healthcare is comprised in order to keep a roof over your head. Rent-burdened households have higher eviction rates, increased financial fragility,and wider use of social safety net programs,compared with other renters and homeowners. * The percentage by the headings indicate the percentage of survey respondents who indicated the topic in their top three concerns*