The North Carolina Data Portal Community Health Assessment allows you to quickly and easily create customized reports for your county, region, or district. Begin by defining your report location, then select the data you want to include in the report. Your completed report can be used to meet reporting requirements, support grant applications, and inform the programs and services you offer to your community.
STEP ONE: Define your report location. Click the location tabs at the top to select a location type (e.g., County, State, Local Health District).
![This image shows the report location selection buttons for the NC Data Portal Community Health Assessment.](https://dev.nc.datahubs.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/NC_CHA_Step1-2-1024x369.png)
STEP TWO: Finish defining your location. Click the names of one or more locations from the list on the left (e.g., Cabarrus County, Caldwell County, Camden County).
Your selections will appear, and can be managed, on the right under “Assessment Location.”
–> Click the “Data Indicators” button at the bottom right to move to the next step.
![This image shows the report location selection list and assessment location column for the NC Data Portal Community Health Assessment.](https://dev.nc.datahubs.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/NC_CHA_Step2-1024x611.png)
STEP THREE: Select the data indicators you want to include in your report. Click the carets on the right to expand the data categories.
Click the check box next to the indicator name (e.g., total population, population with any disability, population age 65+) to add single indicators to your report.
Click the check box next to the data category name (e.g., demographics, employment, education) to add an entire data category to your report.
–> Click the “Reports” button at the bottom right to generate your report.
![This image shows the data indicator categories for the NC Data Portal Community Health Assessment.](https://dev.nc.datahubs.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/NC_CHA_Step3A-1024x499.png)
![This image shows the individual data indicators for the NC Data Portal Community Health Assessment and the "Reports" button to generate the report.](https://dev.nc.datahubs.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/NC_CHA_Step3B-1024x889.png)
STEP FOUR: Explore your completed report. Scroll down to view the data you selected for your report.
Use the round menu button at the bottom of the page to jump quickly between indicators.
![This image shows the completed report with report navigation menu for the NC Data Portal Community Health Assessment.](https://dev.nc.datahubs.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/NC_CHA_Step4-1024x804.png)
STEP FIVE: Click the “Share” button at the top of the report to share your report via link, email, or on social media.
Click the “Download As” button to download your report as a PDF file, Excel table, or Microsoft Word document.
![This image shows the "Share" and "Download As" buttons for the completed report for the NC Data Portal Community Health Assessment.](https://dev.nc.datahubs.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/NC_CHA_Step5-1024x340.png)
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