2010 Inadequate social support
Summary Information
| Range in Georgia (Min-Max): | 9%-30% |
| Overall in Georgia: | 21% |
| Target Value: | 14% (90th percentile) |
Ranking Methodology
| Summary Measure: | Health Factors - Social & Economic Factors (Family and Social Support) |
| Weight in Health Factors: | 2.5% |
| Years of Data Used: | 2005-2008 |
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| The counties are shaded with lighter counties having a better rank. Gray counties are not reported (NR). |
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The social and emotional support measure is based on responses to the question: “How often do you get the social and emotional support you need?” The County Health Rankings reports the percent of the adult population that responds that they “never,” “rarely,” or “sometimes” get the support they need.
This measure was obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), a random-digit dial survey. BRFSS data are representative of the total non-institutionalized U.S. population over 18 years of age living in households with a land-line telephone. The estimates are based on four years of data from 2005–2008.
Poor family support, minimal contact with others, and limited involvement in community life are associated with increased morbidity and early mortality. Furthermore social support networks have been identified as powerful predictors of health behaviors, suggesting that individuals without a strong social network are less likely to participate in healthy lifestyle choices.
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| Sample Size | Number of respondents |
| % No Social-Emotional Support | Percent of adults that report not getting social/emotional support |
| Error Margin | 95% confidence interval reported by BRFSS |
| Z-Score | (Measure - Average of GA counties)/(Standard Deviation) |
| Place | Sample Size | % No Social-Emotional Support | Error Margin | Z-Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appling | 94 | 0.00 | ||
| Atkinson | 45 | 0.00 | ||
| Bacon | 46 | 0.00 | ||
| Baker | 21 | 0.00 | ||
| Baldwin | 117 | 0.00 | ||
| Banks | 55 | 0.00 | ||
| Barrow | 176 | 18% | 13-26 | -0.18 |
| Bartow | 182 | 19% | 12-30 | -0.02 |
| Ben Hill | 119 | 0.00 | ||
| Berrien | 140 | 0.00 | ||
| Bibb | 376 | 30% | 23-38 | 2.32 |
| Bleckley | 128 | 16% | 10-25 | -0.74 |
| Brantley | 92 | 0.00 | ||
| Brooks | 96 | 0.00 | ||
| Bryan | 94 | 0.00 | ||
| Bulloch | 250 | 19% | 14-26 | 0.02 |
| Burke | 76 | 0.00 | ||
| Butts | 30 | 0.00 | ||
| Calhoun | 23 | 0.00 | ||
| Camden | 196 | 16% | 11-23 | -0.69 |
| Candler | 45 | 0.00 | ||
| Carroll | 187 | 19% | 13-26 | -0.10 |
| Catoosa | 169 | 16% | 11-25 | -0.62 |
| Charlton | 58 | 0.00 | ||
| Chatham | 632 | 22% | 17-27 | 0.54 |
| Chattahoochee | 27 | 0.00 | ||
| Chattooga | 78 | 0.00 | ||
| Cherokee | 563 | 14% | 11-18 | -1.17 |
| Clarke | 330 | 20% | 14-27 | 0.18 |
| Clay | 15 | 0.00 | ||
| Clayton | 1,074 | 23% | 20-27 | 0.91 |
| Clinch | 33 | 0.00 | ||
| Cobb | 1,240 | 16% | 13-20 | -0.66 |
| Coffee | 171 | 0.00 | ||
| Colquitt | 191 | 22% | 15-32 | 0.69 |
| Columbia | 454 | 17% | 13-22 | -0.47 |
| Cook | 89 | 22% | 14-33 | 0.57 |
| Coweta | 194 | 16% | 11-23 | -0.62 |
| Crawford | 40 | 0.00 | ||
| Crisp | 68 | 0.00 | ||
| Dade | 52 | 0.00 | ||
| Dawson | 73 | 9% | 4-19 | -2.25 |
| Decatur | 154 | 22% | 14-32 | 0.52 |
| DeKalb | 1,347 | 22% | 19-25 | 0.54 |
| Dodge | 198 | 0.00 | ||
| Dooly | 42 | 0.00 | ||
| Dougherty | 369 | 26% | 20-33 | 1.45 |
| Douglas | 240 | 17% | 12-25 | -0.43 |
| Early | 59 | 0.00 | ||
| Echols | 23 | NR | ||
| Effingham | 141 | 17% | 11-28 | -0.40 |
| Elbert | 90 | 0.00 | ||
| Emanuel | 86 | 0.00 | ||
| Evans | 55 | 0.00 | ||
| Fannin | 123 | 25% | 17-36 | 1.32 |
| Fayette | 215 | 15% | 10-22 | -1.04 |
| Floyd | 246 | 20% | 15-26 | 0.13 |
| Forsyth | 377 | 18% | 13-24 | -0.28 |
| Franklin | 78 | 0.00 | ||
| Fulton | 1,329 | 21% | 18-25 | 0.42 |
| Gilmer | 119 | 19% | 11-30 | -0.09 |
| Glascock | 10 | 0.00 | ||
| Glynn | 264 | 13% | 9-19 | -1.31 |
| Gordon | 112 | 21% | 13-33 | 0.39 |
| Grady | 111 | 0.00 | ||
| Greene | 64 | 0.00 | ||
| Gwinnett | 1,058 | 20% | 16-24 | 0.13 |
| Habersham | 130 | 14% | 9-23 | -1.12 |
| Hall | 359 | 15% | 11-22 | -0.86 |
| Hancock | 14 | 0.00 | ||
| Haralson | 76 | 0.00 | ||
| Harris | 119 | 14% | 9-21 | -1.23 |
| Hart | 89 | 0.00 | ||
| Heard | 15 | 0.00 | ||
| Henry | 336 | 14% | 10-19 | -1.23 |
| Houston | 325 | 19% | 14-26 | -0.02 |
| Irwin | 56 | 16% | 8-27 | -0.83 |
| Jackson | 225 | 15% | 10-22 | -0.96 |
| Jasper | 44 | 0.00 | ||
| Jeff Davis | 60 | 0.00 | ||
| Jefferson | 71 | 0.00 | ||
| Jenkins | 32 | 0.00 | ||
| Johnson | 79 | 0.00 | ||
| Jones | 78 | 0.00 | ||
| Lamar | 31 | 0.00 | ||
| Lanier | 49 | 0.00 | ||
| Laurens | 571 | 29% | 23-35 | 2.04 |
| Lee | 110 | 0.00 | ||
| Liberty | 166 | 16% | 10-23 | -0.81 |
| Lincoln | 40 | 0.00 | ||
| Long | 38 | 0.00 | ||
| Lowndes | 534 | 19% | 15-24 | -0.01 |
| Lumpkin | 77 | 0.00 | ||
| Macon | 59 | 0.00 | ||
| Madison | 90 | 20% | 12-30 | 0.10 |
| Marion | 39 | 0.00 | ||
| McDuffie | 76 | 0.00 | ||
| McIntosh | 76 | 0.00 | ||
| Meriwether | 45 | 0.00 | ||
| Miller | 30 | 0.00 | ||
| Mitchell | 108 | 0.00 | ||
| Monroe | 73 | 0.00 | ||
| Montgomery | 77 | 17% | 9-29 | -0.51 |
| Morgan | 68 | 15% | 8-27 | -0.96 |
| Murray | 114 | 0.00 | ||
| Muscogee | 684 | 26% | 21-31 | 1.43 |
| Newton | 156 | 18% | 12-26 | -0.29 |
| Oconee | 153 | 10% | 6-17 | -1.99 |
| Oglethorpe | 56 | 0.00 | ||
| Paulding | 221 | 24% | 18-32 | 1.07 |
| Peach | 83 | 14% | 8-26 | -1.07 |
| Pickens | 100 | 0.00 | ||
| Pierce | 77 | 22% | 14-33 | 0.59 |
| Pike | 31 | 0.00 | ||
| Polk | 112 | 14% | 9-23 | -1.09 |
| Pulaski | 127 | 0.00 | ||
| Putnam | 60 | 0.00 | ||
| Quitman | 17 | 0.00 | ||
| Rabun | 65 | 0.00 | ||
| Randolph | 34 | 0.00 | ||
| Richmond | 588 | 25% | 20-30 | 1.19 |
| Rockdale | 125 | 16% | 10-26 | -0.67 |
| Schley | 11 | 0.00 | ||
| Screven | 60 | 0.00 | ||
| Seminole | 45 | 0.00 | ||
| Spalding | 95 | 16% | 9-26 | -0.78 |
| Stephens | 98 | 0.00 | ||
| Stewart | 20 | 0.00 | ||
| Sumter | 129 | 0.00 | ||
| Talbot | 22 | 0.00 | ||
| Taliaferro | 22 | NR | ||
| Tattnall | 91 | 0.00 | ||
| Taylor | 45 | 0.00 | ||
| Telfair | 121 | 29% | 20-39 | 2.05 |
| Terrell | 37 | 0.00 | ||
| Thomas | 223 | 23% | 16-33 | 0.85 |
| Tift | 185 | 26% | 19-35 | 1.48 |
| Toombs | 129 | 20% | 12-32 | 0.17 |
| Towns | 40 | 0.00 | ||
| Treutlen | 75 | 0.00 | ||
| Troup | 113 | 0.00 | ||
| Turner | 49 | 0.00 | ||
| Twiggs | 26 | 0.00 | ||
| Union | 98 | 19% | 11-29 | -0.10 |
| Upson | 70 | 0.00 | ||
| Walker | 202 | 17% | 12-23 | -0.52 |
| Walton | 263 | 24% | 17-33 | 1.04 |
| Ware | 157 | 22% | 15-31 | 0.58 |
| Warren | 30 | 0.00 | ||
| Washington | 58 | 0.00 | ||
| Wayne | 131 | 25% | 17-36 | 1.30 |
| Webster | 10 | 0.00 | ||
| Wheeler | 70 | 0.00 | ||
| White | 72 | 0.00 | ||
| Whitfield | 289 | 29% | 21-37 | 2.05 |
| Wilcox | 68 | 0.00 | ||
| Wilkes | 36 | 0.00 | ||
| Wilkinson | 33 | 0.00 | ||
| Worth | 88 | 0.00 |
NR in Z-Score column indicates county "not ranked"
