Greene County ranks in the top 25 percent of Virginia counties when it comes to health. That’s according to the seventh annual County Health Rankings, released last month by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.
Those measurements are helping the Thomas Jefferson Health District, which oversees the Greene County Health Department, and local officials get a snapshot of how the county is doing.
“Within our planning district we see a lot of differences,” said Elizabeth Beasley, senior health promotion consultant for the TJHD.The Thomas Jefferson Health District is one of thirty-five health districts under the Virginia Department of Health. It is comprised of six health departments that serve the counties of Greene, Albemarle, Fluvanna, Louisa, and Nelson, along with the city of Charlottesville.
Greene County ranked 31 out of 134 localities in the Commonwealth in 2015. Albemarle County was fourth, Rockingham was 19th, Madison County was 39th and Orange County was 44th.
When it comes to quality of life, Greene County ranked 40th, with 13 percent of its residents in poor or fair health. Eight percent of Greene County newborns were reported as having a low birthweight. For the full article click here
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