2024-2026 Local Community Health Priorities
Hover over the map of western NC below to view each county’s local health priorities.
1
Buncombe:
- Infant & Maternal Mortality
- Affordable Housing
- Substance Misuse & Mental Health
2
Cherokee:
- Access to Healthcare
- Chronic Disease
3
Clay:
- Mental Health/Substance Use
- Chronic Disease
4
Graham:
- Substance Use
- Mental Health
- Comorbidities (heart disease, obesity, diabetes)
5
Haywood:
- Mental Health/Substance Use
- Chronic Disease
- Social Determinants of Health
6
Henderson:
- Mental Health
- Chronic Disease
- Housing
7
Jackson:
- Mental Health
- Substance Use
- Healthy Eating
8
Macon:
- Mental Health
- Housing Affordability and Safety
- Food Insecurity
9
Madison:
- Chronic Disease
- Substance Misuse/Mental Health
10
McDowell:
- Substance Use
- Mental Health
- Access to Care
11
Mitchell:
- Housing Affordability & Availability
- Mental Health Issues (including depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, and social isolation & loneliness)
- Food Access & Availability
12
Polk:
- Mental Health
- Substance Misuse
- Healthy Eating/ Active Living
13
Rutherford:
- Mental Health,
- Substance Use
- Food Insecurity
14
Swain:
- Chronic Disease
- Substance Use
- Mental Health
15
Transylvania:
- Mental Health
- Substance Use
- Maternal Health
16
Yancey:
- Healthy Eating/Active Living
- Behavioral Health
- Access to Care
17
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
Non-THA year (2023)
- Mental Health
- Housing
- Safe and Healthy Built Environment
(CHIP Priorities)
Local Reports
Click on the name of the county below to find CHA/CHIP/SOTCH reports and contact information.
2024 Community Health Priorities in WNC
| Priority | wdt_ID | # of Communities |
|---|---|---|
| Mental Health | 1 | 16.0 |
| Maternal Health/ Infant Mortality | 2 | 2.0 |
| Healthy Eating/ Active Living | 3 | 3.0 |
| Access to Care | 4 | 3.0 |
| Food Security | 5 | 4.0 |
| Housing | 6 | 5.0 |
| Chronic Disease | 7 | 7.0 |
| Substance Use | 8 | 12.0 |
| Healthy Built Environment | 9 | 1.0 |
| Social Determinants of Health | 10 | 1.0 |
| Priority | # of Communities |
2024 WNC Healthy Impact Health Priorities

All photographs in the County Reports section courtesy of Patrick Williams, Ecocline Photography.


