When compared to the national rates, residents of our area have higher rates of heart disease, lung cancer, COPD, diabetes, hypertension, obesity, unintended injuries, sedentary life styles, smoking and smokeless tobacco use, seat-belt nonuse, and vehicle accidents.
Many residents have difficulty paying for or getting to health services.
The more we help each other the richer our lives become. I now know with absolute certainly at these moments that I wanted to be a doctor.