State Findings: Georgia, 2021, 2021 Annual Report
Strengths
- Low racial disparity in premature death rates
- Low prevalence of excessive drinking
- Low percentage of housing with lead risk
Challenges
- High prevalence of non-medical drug use
- High prevalence of insufficient sleep
- High percentage of adults who avoided care due to cost
Highlights
- Public health funding increased 41% from $76 to $107 between 2017-2018 and 2019-2020
- Obesity increased 23% from 28.0% to 34.3% of adults between 2011 and 2020
- Flu vaccination increased 14% from 36.2% to 41.3% of adults between 2019 and 2020
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