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The Passaic County Community Health

Improvement Plan

One of the goals of governmental public health leadership in New Jersey is to improve the health of the public, through the strengthening of government and community partnerships.

For the past five years, New Jersey's governmental public health departments have led county and city-based strategic planning processes statewide, which have engaged over 1200 community partners.  They have undertaken comprehensive analyses of their respective communities and created Community Health Improvement Plans (CHIP) for their regions.

The CHIPs identify priority public health issues and strategies to address these complex and persistent challenges.  Action teams developed to address problem areas identified in the CHIPs are being spearheaded by local experts who are committed to improving community health.

The Passaic County Health Status Indicators Report, Part I

The Passaic County Health Status Health Indicators Report, Part II

The County boundary includes a geographic area that, historically, is one of the most continually occupied in the United States; indeed, area settlement antedates the American Revolutionary War. It is located in the north-central portion of New Jersey, is 185 sq. miles in extent, and in 2000 had a population density of 2,639 persons per sq. mile. It adjoins Morris and Essex Counties in the west and south, and Bergen County in the east where the Passaic River forms a portion of its boundary. Its northern border adjoins New York State.

The distribution, varying density and other characteristics of its population of 489,049 in year 2000, and estimated 494,094 in 2001 and 496,646 in 2002 (roughly 1 % compound growth) are important considerations for the county’s analysis.