What Wake County’s “Healthiest County” Designation Actually Measures An Analysis of the 2025 Wake County Community Health Needs Assessment Chris Lysy — FreshSpectrum | June 2026 Abstract Wake County, North Carolina opens its 2025 Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) with a celebrated claim: it has been ranked the healthiest county in North Carolina by the … Continue reading Working Paper: Is it Healthy, or just Wealthy?