Country Health Ranking has released their 2015 Georgia Health Report card. You can view detailed statistics for all 159 counties in Georgia. If you want to look at other states you can choose by state here.
The statistics for Georgia vary widely by county. Overall most of north Georgia including Atlanta metro fares better than the central and southern portions of the state in most health outcomes.
Here in Middle Georgia, Bibb County ranked #138 on Health Outcomes, Houston #12, Twiggs #91, Jones #41, Peach #131, and Monroe #44.
In the overall rankings for health factors Bibb Ranked #64, Houston #26, Twiggs #134, Crawford #69, Jones #38, Peach #131, Crawford #95, and Monroe #39.
At the top of the list for healthiest counties were Forsyth, Gwinnett, Fayette, Cobb, and Cherokee.
At the bottom of the list, the five unhealthiest counties included: Crisp, Randolph, Warren, Taliaferro, and Early.
| Bibb County |
Trend(Click for info) | Error Margin |
Top U.S. Performers* |
Georgia | Rank (of 159) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 138 | |||||
| Length of Life | 144 | |||||
| Premature death | 11,125 |  |
10,548-11,701 | 5,200 | 7,314 | |
| Quality of Life | 101 | |||||
| Poor or fair health | 16% | 13-20% | 10% | 16% | ||
| Poor physical health days | 3.1 | 2.5-3.7 | 2.5 | 3.5 | ||
| Poor mental health days | 3.6 | 2.7-4.4 | 2.3 | 3.3 | ||
| Low birthweight | 13.1% | 12.6-13.6% | 5.9% | 9.5% | ||
| Health Factors | 65 | |||||
| Health Behaviors | 33 | |||||
| Adult smoking |
17%
|
13-21% | 14% | 18% | ||
| Adult obesity |
29%
|
 |
24-33% | 25% | 29% | |
| Food environment index |
5.4
|
8.4 | 6.5 | |||
| Physical inactivity | 28% | |
24-32% | 20% | 24% | |
| Access to exercise opportunities | 78% | 92% | 75% | |||
| Excessive drinking | 10% | 7-14% | 10% | 14% | ||
| Alcohol-impaired driving deaths | 22% | 14% | 24% | |||
| Sexually transmitted infections |
894
|
|
138 | 528 | ||
| Teen births |
61
|
59-63 | 20 | 45 | ||
| Clinical Care | 7 | |||||
| Uninsured |
20%
|
 |
18-21% | 11% | 21% | |
| Primary care physicians | 860:1 | 1,045:1 | 1,572:1 | |||
| Dentists | 1,799:1 | 1,377:1 | 2,099:1 | |||
| Mental health providers | 676:1 | 386:1 | 914:1 | |||
| Preventable hospital stays | 68 | |
64-72 | 41 | 61 | |
| Diabetic monitoring | 83% | |
79-87% | 90% | 85% | |
| Mammography screening | 69.0% | |
64.2-73.7% | 70.7% | 61.6% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 133 | |||||
| High school graduation |
52%
|
70% | ||||
| Some college | 55.8% | 52.8-58.9% | 71.0% | 60.8% | ||
| Unemployment |
8.8%
|
|
4.0% | 8.2% | ||
| Children in poverty |
45%
|
|
38-51% | 13% | 27% | |
| Income inequality |
5.9
|
5.5-6.2 | 3.7 | 5.0 | ||
| Children in single-parent households |
54%
|
50-58% | 20% | 37% | ||
| Social associations | 14.0 | 22.0 | 9.0 | |||
| Violent crime |
545
|
|
59 | 385 | ||
| Injury deaths | 72 | 66-78 | 50 | 58 | ||
| Physical Environment | 117 | |||||
| Air pollution – particulate matter | 12.9 | |
9.5 | 12.8 | ||
| Drinking water violations | 0% | 0% | 13% | |||
| Severe housing problems |
22%
|
21-23% | 9% | 18% | ||
| Driving alone to work | 83% | 82-85% | 71% | 79% | ||
| Long commute – driving alone | 21% | 19-23% | 15% | 39% | ||
