For pre-formatted natality & mortality data please see Vital Statistics Reports (VSR).

For other health data resources please see the Health Data & Info section.

Health Care
In 2000, the number of physicians in the county per 1,000 population was 0.5, compared with the 1.9 state average. McIntosh County had no general hospitals in 1999. Statewide, there was an average of 3.1 beds per 1,000 population. For more community indicators, please go to OASIS .

History*

McIntosh County was created in 1793 from part of Liberty County. The state's 17th county was named for the McIntosh clan who pioneered the area.

Darien, the county seat, is the only municipality in the county. Because of its location at the mouth of the Altamaha River, it was often referred to as the "Queen of the Delta."

McIntosh County is rich in historical sites. Fort King George, the first English fort in Georgia, was on the site of Darien. In the late 16th century, Fraciscan friars from Spain established a mission on a bluff near Darien. On the same site had been an Indian village of great antiquity. Ruins of a Spanish fort are also found on Sapelo Island.