Where Does Georgia Rank On Some Key Health Measures?

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June 19th, 2019

In terms of children’s well-being, Georgia climbed one spot, to 38th among states, in an annual national report on kids. Georgia’s health care rankings in two other recent reports, though, languish in the 40s among states. That’s a familiar spot, in such rankings, for the state, which has high rates of people in poverty and without health insurance and grapples with issues of access to care.

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Georgia’s child well-being ranking has climbed one spot, to 38th among the states, in an annual national report on kids.

The KIDS COUNT Data Book for 2019, released Monday, measures children on education, economic well-being, health and family and community. Georgia has come a long way from a ranking of 48th in 1990, the report said.

Georgia’s health care rankings in two other recent reports, though, languish in the 40s among states.

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