{"id":13123,"date":"2021-04-01T14:20:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T14:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imph.org\/?p=13123"},"modified":"2021-04-14T14:24:03","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T14:24:03","slug":"new-rankings-show-differences-in-health-and-opportunity-in-s-c-counties-april-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imph.org\/new-rankings-show-differences-in-health-and-opportunity-in-s-c-counties-april-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"New Rankings Show Differences in Health and Opportunity in S.C. Counties"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The MinorityEye recently highlighted IMPH\u2019s release of the annual County Health Rankings report, which examines the factors that impact how long and how well people live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Beaufort is among the healthiest counties in South Carolina and Williamsburg is among the least healthy, according to the annual County Health Rankings, released today by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute (UWPHI). The South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health (IMPH) serves as the lead dissemination agent in South Carolina for the annual County Health Rankings. The Rankings are available at www.CountyHealthRankings.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For more than a decade, the County Health Rankings have examined the multiple factors that impact how long and how well people live. They have shown that there are stark differences in health and opportunity by place. Although the data used to calculate ranks for the 2021 Rankings are from 2019 and earlier and thus do not yet reflect the impact of COVID-19, the pandemic has brought to the forefront the differences in opportunity we see by race, ethnicity and place \u2014 differences we must urgently tackle if we want to have a fair, inclusive and equitable recovery for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The 2021 Rankings highlight health barriers disproportionately impacting communities of color and families with lower incomes. A new measure featured in this year\u2019s County Health Rankings is broadband access, which serves as a digital lifeline on everything from education and employment to health care opportunities and social connectedness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n