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Counties with the highest infant mortality rates in Georgia
Among 58 Georgia counties with published values, the counties with the highest infant mortality rates are Banks County, GA (14.5, 2.34 times the U.S. county median of 6.2), Burke County, GA (12.6, 2.03 times the U.S. county median of 6.2) and Dougherty County, GA (11, 1.77 times the U.S. county median of 6.2). Values are deaths under 1 per 1,000 births.
Source: County Health Rankings, built from CDC National Vital Statistics System death records. These are county-level figures, compared with the U.S. county median. A high rate does not prove an environmental cause: age, smoking, income, access to care, screening and chance all move county rates, and small counties swing widely.
All Georgia counties, highest first
Infant mortality, deaths under 1 per 1,000 births.
| Rank | County | State | Value | U.S. county median | Times reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Banks County | GA | 14.5 | 6.2 | 2.34x |
| 2 | Burke County | GA | 12.6 | 6.2 | 2.03x |
| 3 | Dougherty County | GA | 11 | 6.2 | 1.77x |
| 4 | Laurens County | GA | 10.8 | 6.2 | 1.74x |
| 5 | Richmond County | GA | 10.4 | 6.2 | 1.68x |
| 6 | Muscogee County | GA | 10 | 6.2 | 1.61x |
| 7 | Lowndes County | GA | 9.6 | 6.2 | 1.55x |
| 8 | Clayton County | GA | 9.5 | 6.2 | 1.53x |
| 9 | Gilmer County | GA | 9.5 | 6.2 | 1.53x |
| 10 | Coffee County | GA | 9.2 | 6.2 | 1.48x |
| 11 | Bibb County | GA | 8.6 | 6.2 | 1.39x |
| 12 | Madison County | GA | 8.6 | 6.2 | 1.39x |
| 13 | Baldwin County | GA | 8.4 | 6.2 | 1.35x |
| 14 | Sumter County | GA | 8.4 | 6.2 | 1.35x |
| 15 | Colquitt County | GA | 8.3 | 6.2 | 1.34x |
| 16 | Troup County | GA | 8.3 | 6.2 | 1.34x |
| 17 | Glynn County | GA | 8.2 | 6.2 | 1.32x |
| 18 | Newton County | GA | 8.2 | 6.2 | 1.32x |
| 19 | Thomas County | GA | 8.2 | 6.2 | 1.32x |
| 20 | Haralson County | GA | 8.1 | 6.2 | 1.31x |
| 21 | Houston County | GA | 7.9 | 6.2 | 1.27x |
| 22 | Rockdale County | GA | 7.8 | 6.2 | 1.26x |
| 23 | Effingham County | GA | 7.7 | 6.2 | 1.24x |
| 24 | Murray County | GA | 7.7 | 6.2 | 1.24x |
| 25 | Floyd County | GA | 7.6 | 6.2 | 1.23x |
| 26 | Chatham County | GA | 7.4 | 6.2 | 1.19x |
| 27 | Walton County | GA | 7.3 | 6.2 | 1.18x |
| 28 | Ware County | GA | 7.3 | 6.2 | 1.18x |
| 29 | Gordon County | GA | 7.1 | 6.2 | 1.15x |
| 30 | Polk County | GA | 7.1 | 6.2 | 1.15x |
| 31 | DeKalb County | GA | 6.9 | 6.2 | 1.11x |
| 32 | Liberty County | GA | 6.9 | 6.2 | 1.11x |
| 33 | Fulton County | GA | 6.7 | 6.2 | 1.08x |
| 34 | Habersham County | GA | 6.7 | 6.2 | 1.08x |
| 35 | Henry County | GA | 6.7 | 6.2 | 1.08x |
| 36 | Paulding County | GA | 6.7 | 6.2 | 1.08x |
| 37 | Douglas County | GA | 6.6 | 6.2 | 1.06x |
| 38 | Carroll County | GA | 6.5 | 6.2 | 1.05x |
| 39 | Gwinnett County | GA | 6.2 | 6.2 | 1x |
| 40 | Spalding County | GA | 6.2 | 6.2 | 1x |
| 41 | Tift County | GA | 6.2 | 6.2 | 1x |
| 42 | Catoosa County | GA | 6.1 | 6.2 | 0.98x |
| 43 | Clarke County | GA | 6.1 | 6.2 | 0.98x |
| 44 | Walker County | GA | 6.1 | 6.2 | 0.98x |
| 45 | Bulloch County | GA | 6 | 6.2 | 0.97x |
| 46 | Columbia County | GA | 5.9 | 6.2 | 0.95x |
| 47 | Coweta County | GA | 5.6 | 6.2 | 0.9x |
| 48 | Cobb County | GA | 5.5 | 6.2 | 0.89x |
| 49 | Whitfield County | GA | 5.4 | 6.2 | 0.87x |
| 50 | Camden County | GA | 5.3 | 6.2 | 0.85x |
| 51 | Fayette County | GA | 5.3 | 6.2 | 0.85x |
| 52 | Jackson County | GA | 5.3 | 6.2 | 0.85x |
| 53 | Bartow County | GA | 5.2 | 6.2 | 0.84x |
| 54 | Barrow County | GA | 5.1 | 6.2 | 0.82x |
| 55 | Bryan County | GA | 4.9 | 6.2 | 0.79x |
| 56 | Hall County | GA | 4.9 | 6.2 | 0.79x |
| 57 | Cherokee County | GA | 4.5 | 6.2 | 0.73x |
| 58 | Forsyth County | GA | 4 | 6.2 | 0.65x |