• The 2000 infant mortality rate (infant deaths per 1,000 live births) was 54.2 for the region. The statewide rate was 67.6 during the period.
  
  
• In 2000, the number of physicians in the region per 1,000 population was 11.7, compared with the 19.0 state average.

Sources:
Teen pregnancy
Infant mortality rate
Georgia Department of Human Resource, Division of Public Health, 2000

Physician rate
Joint Board of Family Practice, Georgia Board for Physician Workforce, 2000

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