This page provides the most recent reports on the health of Durham County residents; earlier editions can be found in the Durham Health Data Archives. The Partnership for a Healthy Durham is responsible for publishing the annual State of the County Health report and the Community Health Assessment, which occurs every three years. Please note that newer data may have become available since the release of our reports. To find the most current data on a specific topic, please visit the Health Data Resources page, which compiles the best sources for finding health data in North Carolina.
The 2023 Durham County Community Health Assessment is now up and available for public comment!
Huge thanks to everyone who contributed to the 2023 Durham County Community Health Assessment(CHA) process, highlighting important health topics in our community. The Partnership for a Healthy Durham will accept feedback on the CHA until Monday, April 22, 2024. Let us know if you have found any errors, typos, broken links, etc.
We will not be making changes to the content of the 2023 Community Health Assessment. Thank you for reviewing the health assessment!
The 2023 Durham County Comunidad Latina Community Health Assessment Survey Report and Executive Summary are available in English and Spanish/El Informe y el Resumen Ejecutivo de la Encuesta de Evaluación de la Salud Comunitaria de la Comunidad Latina del Condado de Durham de 2023 están disponibles en inglés y español
View the Comunidad Latina survey results here in English.
Vea los resultados de la encuesta de Comunidad Latina aquí en español.
Executive Summaries/Resúmenes ejecutivos
The 2021 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) Report is available in English and Spanish
The 2021 YRBS report with sources, details the results of the survey administered to Durham Public School middle and high school students in the fall of 2021. The survey is part of a national school-based survey, produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and given every other year in partnership with Durham Public Schools and the Durham County Department of Public Health. The goal of this survey is to assess health risk behaviors that can contribute to injury and leading causes of death among the adolescent population.
Topics of the survey include personal safety, mental health, bullying, violence-related behavior, COVID-19, physical activity, substance use, nutrition, LGBTQ+ mental health, disabilities, and school support.
Take a look at the 2021 YRBS report in English and Spanish
Infographics on 2021 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) Report
Click on the images below to view the facts sheets.
The 2022 Community Health Assessment Survey Reports
The 2022 Community Health Assessment door-to-door survey was the first step in the 2023 Community Health Assessment process. Volunteers, Durham County Department of Public Health staff, and Duke University/Duke Health staff spoke with more than 200 Durham County residents on topics ranging from access to healthcare, food access, housing, discrimination, community improvement, and more. View results of the county-wide sample in English or Spanish. The Comunidad Latina survey results will be available soon!
Executive Summaries
The County-wide Community Health Assessment Survey sample is complete!
We have completed the Community Health Assessment survey county-wide sample! Our goal was 185 and we obtained 205 surveys. Thank you to those who went into the community to talk to residents and help collect data.
Our next steps are to analyze the 2022 survey data and develop a report. Due to your efforts, we will be able to compare results to surveys conducted in 2010, 2013, 2016, and 2019 and monitor trends. We were unable to complete the door-to-door Comundiad Latina sample, but plan to collect data through web surveys and outreach.
The 2022 Durham County State of the County Health (SOTCH) Report is available.
The SOTCH report provides updates on years between Community Health Assessments. The Durham 2022 SOTCH report
includes updated statistics on the top health priorities from the 2020 Community Health Assessment carried over from 2017- affordable housing, access to healthcare and health insurance, poverty, mental health, and obesity, diabetes and food access.
El Informe del estado de salud del condado (SOTCH) del condado de Durham de 2022 está disponible.
El informe SOTCH proporciona actualizaciones sobre los años transcurridos entre evaluaciones de salud comunitaria. El SOTCH 2022_Espanol incluye estadísticas actualizadas sobre las principales prioridades de salud de la Evaluación de salud comunitaria de 2020 transferida de 2017: vivienda asequible, acceso a atención médica y seguro médico, pobreza, salud mental y obesidad, diabetes y acceso a alimentos.
Infographics on Top Health Priorities
The Partnership for a Healthy Durham and the Durham County Department of Public Health have partnered to create fact sheets on the top five health priorities- affordable housing, access to healthcare, poverty, mental health and obesity, diabetes and food access. Click on the images below to view the facts sheets.
Infographics on Issues Impacting Community Health
The Partnership for a Healthy Durham and the Durham County Department of Public Health have partnered to create fact sheets on three community health issues- gun violence, the opioid epidemic, and refugee health. Click on the images below to view the facts sheets.
2019 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) Report Available in English and Spanish
The 2019 YRBS report with sources, details the results of the survey administered to Durham Public School middle and high school students in spring 2019. The survey is part of a national school-based survey, produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and given every other year in partnership with Durham Public Schools and the Durham County Department of Public Health. The goal of this survey is to assess health risk behaviors that can contribute to injury and leading causes of death among the adolescent population.
Topics of the survey include: personal safety, mental health, bullying, violence-related behavior, sexual health, physical activity, substance use, nutrition, body weight, school environment, and selected prevention-related indicators.
The 2019 YRBS report in now available in Spanish.
2020 Community Health Assessment Executive Summaries Available
The executive summaries of the 2020 Durham County Community Health Assessment are now available in English and Spanish. The summaries detail the CHA process, progress on priorities and key findings from the report.
2020 Community Health Assessment Final Report Available
The final 2020 CHA Final report is now available. There is an intentional focus on equity, new chapter on climate change and a more inclusive history of Durham County. An index has been added to the end of the report to make it easier to navigate. None of this would have been possible without the valuable partnership between the Durham County Department of Public Health, Partnership for a Healthy Durham and Duke Health. We also thank all of the writers and survey volunteers for their involvement in the process.
2019 Community Health Assessment Survey Results Reports
The 2019 Community Health Assessment door-to-door survey was the first step in the 2020 Community Health Assessment process. Volunteers, Durham County Department of Public Health and Duke University/Duke Health staff spoke with more than 600 Durham County residents on topics ranging from access to healthcare, food access, housing, discrimination and more. View results of the Countywide and Hispanic or Latino Neighborhood samples.
Executive Summaries
- County wide Sample Executive Summary English
- County wide Sample Executive Summary Spanish
- Hispanic or Latino Neighborhood Sample Executive Summary English
- Hispanic or Latino Neighborhood Sample Executive Summary Spanish
2019 State of the County Health (SOTCH) Report Available in English and Spanish
The SOTCH report is an update in years between Community Health Assessments. The 2019 SOTCH report updates statistics from the 2017 Community Health Assessment and provides progress on the County’s five health priorities of Affordable Housing, Access to Care, Poverty, Mental Health, Obesity, Diabetes and Food Access. The 2019 SOTCH report is also available in Spanish.
YRBS LiveStories: Key Findings and Trends
Take a deeper and more interactive dive into the data from the 2017 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) report in the YRBS LiveStories dashboard.
2018 State of the County Health (SOTCH) Report Available in English and Spanish
The SOTCH report is an update in years between Community Health Assessments. The 2018 SOTCH Report updates statistics from the 2017 Community Health Assessment and provides progress on the County’s five health priorities of Affordable Housing, Access to Care, Poverty, Mental Health, Obesity, Diabetes and Food Access. For the first time, the SOTCH is also available in Spanish.
Changes to the Partnership Structure 2018-2021
Based on the 2017 Community Health Assessment results, the Partnership will adopt a Housing committee for 2018-2021. For more information on the change in Partnership structure, visit the Committees page.
2017 Durham County Mapping Health Collaboration Study by NC State
In the summer/fall of 2012, a research team from North Carolina State University set out to create the first comprehensive map of collaborative partnerships in Durham County and understand their connections to each other via shared members. Five years later in the spring/summer of 2017, the team revisited Durham County to see how the community of collaborative partnerships had changed. This Durham County Mapping Health Collaboration Study report details the findings of the study.
FHI 360 Partnership Evaluation Reports
The purpose of the evaluation was to analyze lessons learned from the Partnership for a Healthy Durham about achieving a sustainable coalition and effectively working across sectors. A secondary goal was to provide an overview of the makeup and functioning of the current Partnership. The study was conducted by FHI 360 in collaboration with the Partnership for a Healthy Durham with funding from the Family Health International Foundation.