Health Assessment

Download the 2000 Community Health Status Assessment 

Statistics

For pre-formatted natality and mortality data please see Vital Statistics Reports (VSR). Additional health data resources can be found in the Health Data & Info section, or the Online Analytical Statistical Information System (OASIS)

Reports

Food Service Inspection Reports

Health Care

Chattooga County had 6.6 licensed nursing home beds per 100 persons in 1999, compared with the state average of 5.5 per 100 persons. In 1999, the number of physicians in the county per 10,000 persons was 3.9, compared to the state average of 19.3. For more community indicators, please go to OASIS .

History*

Chattooga County was formed in 1838 from parts of Floyd and Walker counties. It takes its name from the Chattooga River, one of two Georgia rivers bearing that name.

Popular recreational activities in the county include mountain climbing, rappelling in the Lookout Mountain range, and canoeing down the Armuchee Creek. Chattooga Lakes Park is a new park about three miles southeast of Summerville.

Some of the festivals and special events held in Chattooga County include the Howard Finster Arts Festival in May, the Sum-Nelly Arts & Crafts Fair in October, and the Antique Car Show in June.