Report: County ailing more than nation
Wednesday, November 29th, 2006
By Chris Fitzsimon
By BOB MONTGOMERY
Staff Writer
Pasquotank County residents appear to be dying at a higher rate than the rest of the state and nation from pneumonia, AIDS and cancer, while residents are having a harder time keeping up with rising health care costs, according to a local health study.
That’s one conclusion drawn from a nine-month Community Health Assessment conducted by Albemarle Regional Health Services.
A synopsis of the 250-page report was presented to City Council Monday night by Amy N. Cowan of ARHS.
She said a report is required every four years by the Governor’s Task Force for Healthy Carolinians. The aim is to identify needs and to track a community’s progress in meeting health care needs, she said.
The Healthy Carolinians of the Albemarle is a regional coalition that represents Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank and Perquimans counties.
Cowan presented highlights from Pasquotank County’s part of the assessment, in which 723 respondents participated.
She said participants included men, women and those of all ages and ethnic and racial backgrounds. However, most of the respondents were educated white females, she said.
Full results of the assessment will be made available at libraries and other public places, she said.
She acknowledged the report is not a true scientific survey in which every segment of population was proportionately represented.
Councilman Johnnie Walton, who previously criticized a city-wide racial bias survey, also urged caution in jumping to conclusions with Cowan’s report Monday night. (more…)
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