By the numbers

› Highest rate in Tennessee:

Clay County, 72.3

› Highest rate in Georgia:

Towns County, 48.9

› Highest rate in Alabama:

Walker County, 58.1

› Lowest rate in Tennesse:

Bledsoe County, 19.9

› Lowest rate in Georgia:

Habersham County, 8.7

› Lowest rate in Alabama:

Elmore County, 7.9

Note: This represents totals for those states represented in study, measuring the number of deaths per 100,000 people ages 15-64