Coweta County ranked 11th in healthiest Georgia Counties listing

From the Georgia Department of Public Health

Forsyth County ranks the healthiest in Georgia and Hancock is the least healthy county in the state, according to new County Health Rankings data from the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute (UWPHI). The Rankings are available at www.countyhealthrankings.org.

Coweta County is ranked 11th in Georgia when it comes to healthiest counties in the state. The top 10 in Georgia starts with Forsyth County at No. 1, followed by Oconee, Cherokee, Cobb, Fayette, Gwinnett, Columbia, Towns, Paulding and Harris. The bottom five counties for least healthiest include Randolph (No. 155), Ben Hill (No. 156), Miller (No. 157), Early (No. 158) and Hancock (No. 159).

For a detailed look at Coweta County’s data, click the following LINK.

The Rankings program provides local communities with data on more than 90 health-influencing factors such as housing, education, jobs and access to quality health care, says Natalie Shelton, Public Information Officer for District 4 Public Health in LaGrange.

For more than a decade, Rankings’ data, evidence, guidance and stories have broadened the nation’s understanding about the multiple factors that shape health. This year, we find that counties with well-resourced civic infrastructure have higher rates of high school completion, higher household incomes, less income inequality and lower rates of children in poverty and uninsured adults. In these communities, people also tend to live longer.

“Our findings reveal that people and places thrive when all residents have the chance to participate in their communities,” said Sheri Johnson, principal investigator of County Health Rankings & Roadmaps and director of the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. “History shows that we can remake systems and structures through civic participation that are beneficial to all.”

This year’s County Health Rankings looked at a series of factors to measure civic infrastructure and participation in counties including access to parks, school funding adequacy, broadband, voter turnout and self-reported census participation. To see how Georgia fares on these measures of civic health – the opportunities we have to use our voice in shaping our communities – visit https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/explore-health-rankings/georgia?year=2023.