Nevada State Health Needs Assessment Executive Summary

[Pages:8]Nevada State Health Needs Assessment

Nevada Department of Health and Human Services

2019

Executive Summary

Executive Summary

Introduction

The 2019 Nevada State Health Needs Assessment report examines the many complex factors that influence and interact with our health, providing a point-in-time view of current health status, strengths, opportunities for improvement, and county-level priorities. The purpose of this assessment is to inform future social services and public health priorities across a multitude of programs implemented and funded by the various Divisions at the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). This assessment is intended to identify needs and priorities for Nevadans, recognizing that health behaviors and health outcomes are influenced by a dynamic, interrelated, and complex relationship of social, cultural, and systemic factors that cannot be evaluated or addressed in isolation.

Nevada Overview

Nevada is ranked 32nd in the United States (US) for population size1 and comprised of 17 counties. For this assessment, counties are categorized as urban (Washoe, Clark and Carson City), rural (Douglas, Lyon, and Storey), and frontier (Churchill, Elko, Esmeralda, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, Lincoln, Mineral, Nye, Pershing, and White Pine). Frontier counties are different than rural counties because they are more remote in terms of both travel time and distance from the nearest population center that has more specialized medical care/facilities.2

The population in Nevada in 2019 is 3,053,9283, with nearly three fourths of the population (73%) residing in Clark County. Washoe County has the second largest population (16%). The four counties that follow Washoe as the third largest in the state (comprising 2% of the population each) are: Carson City, Douglas, Elko, and Lyon. The remaining counties, which represent ................
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