Community Health Needs Assessment

Yellowstone County's Community Health Needs Assessment

Every 3 years, the healthcare Alliance of Billings Clinic, RiverStone Health, and Intermountain Health St. Vincent Regional Hospital conducts a comprehensive community health needs assessment (CHNA) for Yellowstone County. This “wellness check” serves as an important tool for determining how we can best work together to improve our community’s health. The Alliance began collaborating on this important assessment back in 2005, and we now have 6 cycles spanning 18 years of data to inform our collaborative work. The CHNA is available to anyone who is interested in learning about our community’s health status, health behaviors, and biggest needs for improvement.


Opportunities for involvement in the CHNA process will be shared on the HBD Facebook and Instagram page, website, and in our monthly e-newsletter.

This assessment is comprehensive, but data gaps remain. If you have any relevant data you would like to share as part of our current CHNA or upcoming CHNA process, please let us know! 

Income Disparities

CHNA data reflects an undeniable correlation between income and health outcomes. This graph shows how income impacts local health.

Updated factsheets highlighting these as well as race and ethnicity, gender, and age disparities can be found at the links below.

Additional Resources

Click on any of the links or tiles below to view additional CHNA resources. If you would like more information, or to request a CHNA presentation, contact us!

CHNA 101

What is a CHNA?

Read the CHNA 101 handout and learn about the Yellowstone County CHNA
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Health Forecast

Health Forecast

Discover how Yellowstone County health data compares to state and national benchmarks.
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2022 Forum Presentation

2022 Forum Presentation

View a data presentation recorded during the Community Forum held in November 2022.
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2022 Community Data Packets

Community Data Packets

Looking for CHNA data for a particular health area? We have grab and go data for each area of opportunity
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2023 Health Disparities by Ethnicity Graph

Learn more about different lived experiences and health disparities based on ethnicity.
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2023 Healthy Disparities by Age Graph

Learn more about differences in health outcomes experienced by adults and residents 65+ years of age
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2023 Health Disparities by Gender Graph

Learn more about differences in health disparities experienced by men and women
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