Editing Scotland County, North Carolina (section)

==Healthcare==
Scotland County is served by a single hospital, Scotland Health Care System, based in Laurinburg.<ref>{{cite news| last = Nagem| first = Sarah| title = How safe are the hospitals in North Carolina's Border Belt? New grades released| newspaper = Border Belt Independent | date = November 16, 2022| url = https://borderbelt.org/how-safe-are-the-hospitals-in-north-carolinas-border-belt-new-grades-released/| access-date = November 28, 2022}}</ref> According to the 2022 County Health Rankings produced by the [[University of Wisconsin]] Population Health Institute, Scotland County ranked 98th in health outcomes of North Carolina's 100 counties. Per the ranking, 28 percent of adults say they are in poor or fair health, the average [[life expectancy]] is 73 years, and 14 percent of people under the age of 65 lack [[health insurance]].<ref name=nagemhealth/>