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South Dakota County Primary-Care Access & Health-Burden Scorecard
A county-level targeting index for South Dakota, fusing adult chronic-disease and social-risk prevalence (CDC PLACES) with federally designated primary-care provider shortages (HRSA). Ranks all 66 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 SD (66 counties). Rankings are relative within the state, not comparable across states.
Highest-priority counties
Ranked counties
| Rank | County | Priority index | Top driver |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Todd | 84.7 | Health burden |
| 2 | Oglala Lakota | 83.7 | Access & SDOH barriers |
| 3 | Corson | 75.3 | Provider shortage |
| 4 | Mellette | 70.0 | Health burden |
| 5 | Ziebach | 68.3 | Health burden |
| 6 | Buffalo | 66.3 | Health burden |
| 7 | Jackson | 65.4 | Health burden |
| 8 | Bennett | 63.6 | Health burden |
| 9 | Dewey | 63.0 | Provider shortage |
| 10 | Charles Mix | 54.9 | Provider shortage |
| 11 | Lyman | 53.5 | Provider shortage |
| 12 | Roberts | 52.4 | Provider shortage |
| 13 | Tripp | 51.0 | Provider shortage |
| 14 | Fall River | 48.7 | Health burden |
| 15 | Faulk | 46.8 | Provider shortage |
| 16 | Beadle | 45.0 | Provider shortage |
| 17 | McPherson | 43.6 | Provider shortage |
| 18 | Jerauld | 42.4 | Provider shortage |
| 19 | Sanborn | 42.0 | Provider shortage |
| 20 | Day | 41.9 | Provider shortage |
| 21 | Clark | 41.7 | Provider shortage |
| 22 | Walworth | 41.0 | Provider shortage |
| 23 | Miner | 40.6 | Provider shortage |
| 24 | Bon Homme | 39.8 | Provider shortage |
| 25 | Pennington | 38.9 | Provider shortage |