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Georgia County Primary-Care Access & Health-Burden Scorecard
A county-level targeting index for Georgia, fusing adult chronic-disease and social-risk prevalence (CDC PLACES) with federally designated primary-care provider shortages (HRSA). Ranks all 159 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 GA (159 counties). Rankings are relative within the state, not comparable across states.
Highest-priority counties
Ranked counties
| Rank | County | Priority index | Top driver |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hancock | 84.4 | Health burden |
| 2 | Stewart | 83.2 | Provider shortage |
| 3 | Randolph | 83.1 | Health burden |
| 4 | Telfair | 82.9 | Provider shortage |
| 5 | Macon | 78.9 | Health burden |
| 6 | Crisp | 78.4 | Provider shortage |
| 7 | Dougherty | 76.8 | Provider shortage |
| 8 | Atkinson | 75.6 | Provider shortage |
| 9 | Quitman | 74.0 | Health burden |
| 10 | Early | 73.7 | Provider shortage |
| 11 | Calhoun | 73.7 | Provider shortage |
| 12 | Turner | 73.6 | Provider shortage |
| 13 | Johnson | 72.7 | Provider shortage |
| 14 | Mitchell | 72.5 | Provider shortage |
| 15 | Clinch | 71.7 | Provider shortage |
| 16 | Ben Hill | 71.5 | Provider shortage |
| 17 | McIntosh | 71.3 | Provider shortage |
| 18 | Decatur | 70.5 | Provider shortage |
| 19 | Baker | 70.5 | Health burden |
| 20 | Emanuel | 70.4 | Provider shortage |
| 21 | Taylor | 70.4 | Health burden |
| 22 | Terrell | 70.3 | Health burden |
| 23 | Jefferson | 70.1 | Provider shortage |
| 24 | Talbot | 69.5 | Health burden |
| 25 | Ware | 69.3 | Provider shortage |