| | 1996-98 | Rate/100,000 | |
| Name | Deaths | Population | Crude | Age Adjusted | |
| DOUGHERTY (ALBANY), GA-EARLY, GA -HSA# 144 | 23 | 548,916 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| TIFT, GA-BEN HILL, GA -HSA# 189 | 9 | 216,197 | 4.2 | 4.2 | UNSTABLE |
| BALDWIN, GA-PUTNAM, GA -HSA# 201 | 8 | 203,489 | 3.9 | 4.1 | UNSTABLE |
| ELBERT, GA-WILKES, GA -HSA# 253 | 4 | 89,533 | 4.5 | 3.8 | UNSTABLE |
| SUMTER, GA-CRISP, GA -HSA# 197 | 9 | 249,005 | 3.6 | 3.6 | UNSTABLE |
| RABUN, GA -HSA# 268 | 2 | 39,675 | 5.0 | 3.6 | UNSTABLE |
| MUSCOGEE (COLUMBUS), GA-RUSSELL, AL -HSA# 166 | 28 | 889,737 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
| THOMAS, GA-GRADY, GA -HSA# 178 | 8 | 254,890 | 3.1 | 3.2 | UNSTABLE |
| LOWNDES, GA-COOK, GA -HSA# 180 | 11 | 420,444 | 2.6 | 3.0 | UNSTABLE |
| CHATHAM (SAVANNAH), GA-BEAUFORT, SC -HSA# 143 | 37 | 1,511,920 | 2.4 | 2.7 |
| BIBB (MACON), GA-HOUSTON, GA -HSA# 193 | 28 | 1,152,111 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
| STEPHENS, GA-FRANKLIN, GA -HSA# 216 | 6 | 195,852 | 3.1 | 2.5 | UNSTABLE |
| RICHMOND (SOUTH AUGUSTA), GA-AIKEN, SC -HSA# 152 | 36 | 1,577,847 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| BRADLEY, TN-GILMER, GA -HSA# 173 | 9 | 397,555 | 2.3 | 2.3 | UNSTABLE |
| DUVAL (JACKSONVILLE), FL-GLYNN, GA -HSA# 158 | 68 | 3,242,683 | 2.1 | 2.3 |
| CLARKE (ATHENS), GA-BARROW, GA -HSA# 164 | 14 | 756,591 | 1.9 | 2.2 | UNSTABLE |
| FULTON (ATLANTA), GA-DE KALB, GA -HSA# 153 | 126 | 7,199,409 | 1.7 | 2.0 |
| HAMILTON (CHATTANOOGA), TN-CATOOSA, GA -HSA# 141 | 28 | 1,372,233 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| HALL, GA-UNION, GA -HSA# 157 | 13 | 696,698 | 1.9 | 2.0 | UNSTABLE |
| WAYNE, GA-APPLING, GA -HSA# 230 | 2 | 124,213 | 1.6 | 1.9 | UNSTABLE |
| COFFEE, GA-JEFF DAVIS, GA -HSA# 236 | 3 | 160,277 | 1.9 | 1.8 | UNSTABLE |
| UPSON, GA-LAMAR, GA -HSA# 269 | 3 | 160,712 | 1.9 | 1.8 | UNSTABLE |
| HOUSTON (DOTHAN), AL-COFFEE, AL -HSA# 162 | 13 | 738,808 | 1.8 | 1.7 | UNSTABLE |
| BULLOCH, GA-EMANUEL, GA -HSA# 222 | 4 | 282,276 | 1.4 | 1.6 | UNSTABLE |
| WARE, GA-BACON, GA -HSA# 174 | 3 | 203,881 | 1.5 | 1.5 | UNSTABLE |
| SPALDING (GRIFFIN), GA-BUTTS, GA -HSA# 204 | 3 | 224,045 | 1.3 | 1.5 | UNSTABLE |
| WHITFIELD, GA-MURRAY, GA -HSA# 145 | 4 | 338,401 | 1.2 | 1.5 | UNSTABLE |
| COBB (MARIETTA), GA-CHEROKEE, GA -HSA# 190 | 25 | 2,559,917 | 1.0 | 1.5 |
| DECATUR, GA-SEMINOLE, GA -HSA# 228 | 2 | 127,864 | 1.6 | 1.4 | UNSTABLE |
| FLOYD, GA-BARTOW, GA -HSA# 154 | 8 | 758,098 | 1.1 | 1.1 | UNSTABLE |
| TROUP (LA GRANGE), GA-COWETA, GA -HSA# 172 | 7 | 686,572 | 1.0 | 1.0 | UNSTABLE |
| COLQUITT, GA -HSA# 254 | 1 | 118,607 | 0.8 | 0.8 | UNSTABLE |
| LAURENS, GA-DODGE, GA -HSA# 206 | 3 | 376,531 | 0.8 | 0.8 | UNSTABLE |
| NEWTON (COVINGTON), GA-JASPER, GA -HSA# 220 | 1 | 195,370 | 0.5 | 0.8 | UNSTABLE |
| CALHOUN (ANNISTON), AL-CARROLL, GA -HSA# 177 | 5 | 708,780 | 0.7 | 0.7 | UNSTABLE |
| WASHINGTON, GA-JEFFERSON, GA -HSA# 250 | 0 | 113,296 | 0.0 | 0.0 | UNSTABLE |
