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Alabama County Primary-Care Access & Health-Burden Scorecard
A county-level targeting index for Alabama, fusing adult chronic-disease and social-risk prevalence (CDC PLACES) with federally designated primary-care provider shortages (HRSA). Ranks all 67 counties by combined need so a health department or rural-health office can see where high burden and thin provider supply overlap.
Pre-rendered county priority rankings for AL (67 counties). Rankings are relative within the state, not comparable across states.
Highest-priority counties
Ranked counties
| Rank | County | Priority index | Top driver |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greene | 89.7 | Health burden |
| 2 | Bullock | 88.5 | Access & SDOH barriers |
| 3 | Wilcox | 84.5 | Provider shortage |
| 4 | Perry | 79.4 | Health burden |
| 5 | Dallas | 74.9 | Provider shortage |
| 6 | Lowndes | 73.6 | Health burden |
| 7 | Hale | 67.9 | Provider shortage |
| 8 | Barbour | 65.8 | Provider shortage |
| 9 | Sumter | 65.3 | Provider shortage |
| 10 | Conecuh | 62.3 | Health burden |
| 11 | Pickens | 61.7 | Provider shortage |
| 12 | Macon | 61.3 | Provider shortage |
| 13 | Escambia | 61.0 | Provider shortage |
| 14 | Clarke | 59.1 | Provider shortage |
| 15 | Monroe | 57.7 | Provider shortage |
| 16 | Marengo | 57.1 | Provider shortage |
| 17 | Butler | 56.6 | Provider shortage |
| 18 | Russell | 55.5 | Provider shortage |
| 19 | Bibb | 55.0 | Provider shortage |
| 20 | Talladega | 53.6 | Provider shortage |
| 21 | Choctaw | 52.6 | Health burden |
| 22 | Chambers | 52.5 | Provider shortage |
| 23 | Montgomery | 51.7 | Provider shortage |
| 24 | Franklin | 50.5 | Provider shortage |
| 25 | Etowah | 50.1 | Provider shortage |