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Mississippi County Primary-Care Access & Health-Burden Scorecard
A county-level targeting index for Mississippi, fusing adult chronic-disease and social-risk prevalence (CDC PLACES) with federally designated primary-care provider shortages (HRSA). Ranks all 82 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 MS (82 counties). Rankings are relative within the state, not comparable across states.
Highest-priority counties
Ranked counties
| Rank | County | Priority index | Top driver |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Holmes | 90.0 | Provider shortage |
| 2 | Humphreys | 86.7 | Health burden |
| 3 | Sharkey | 84.0 | Health burden |
| 4 | Quitman | 83.6 | Provider shortage |
| 5 | Tunica | 82.8 | Provider shortage |
| 6 | Coahoma | 82.2 | Provider shortage |
| 7 | Jefferson | 79.7 | Provider shortage |
| 8 | Claiborne | 77.2 | Provider shortage |
| 9 | Washington | 76.3 | Provider shortage |
| 10 | Bolivar | 75.9 | Provider shortage |
| 11 | Yazoo | 75.7 | Provider shortage |
| 12 | Leflore | 75.1 | Provider shortage |
| 13 | Noxubee | 72.8 | Provider shortage |
| 14 | Issaquena | 71.9 | Provider shortage |
| 15 | Sunflower | 70.2 | Provider shortage |
| 16 | Tallahatchie | 69.9 | Provider shortage |
| 17 | Amite | 69.3 | Provider shortage |
| 18 | Jefferson Davis | 67.5 | Provider shortage |
| 19 | Wilkinson | 65.5 | Health burden |
| 20 | Pike | 65.4 | Provider shortage |
| 21 | Adams | 63.9 | Provider shortage |
| 22 | Winston | 63.1 | Provider shortage |
| 23 | Marshall | 62.7 | Provider shortage |
| 24 | Clay | 62.4 | Provider shortage |
| 25 | Panola | 61.8 | Provider shortage |