With the exception of three counties, all counties in Northwest Georgia recorded more deaths than births last year, that according to numbers from OASIS, Georgia’s Online Analytical Statistical Information System. According to the numbers, Chattooga County had a net loss of 127 people last year.
Overall in Northwest Georgia, heart disease was the number-one cause of death, with COVID-19 a close second.
But in Chattooga County last year, COVID-19 was the leading cause of death. The numbers show a total of 385 deaths last year in the county, with 258 births being recorded. There were 36 deaths linked to COVID-19, and heart disease accounted for 33 deaths. COPD took 30 people, Alzheimer’s took 28, cancer accounted for 20 deaths and stroke was the sixth-place killer with 7 victims.
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