Georgia ranks low in senior health status | Online Athens

Georgia is ranked 43rd in a first-of-its-kind state ranking of seniors’ health status.

Overall, Southern states scored low in the report from the nonprofit United Health Foundation. Tennessee came in 41st, Alabama 44th, Kentucky 45th, Arkansas 46th, Louisiana 48th and Mississippi 50th.

The report focuses on 34 measures of senior health, including physical inactivity, obesity, self-reported health status, poverty, drug coverage, hospital readmission rates and flu vaccinations.

Georgia scored well on measures such as low prevalence of chronic drinking and a high rate of hospice care. But it did poorly on smoking rates, food insecurity and mental health.

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