#5 WORST STATE TO LIVE IN AMERICA
GEORGIA
CNBC QUALITY OF LIFE SCORE: 89 OUT OF 290
GRADE F
Seventh worst maternal death rate in America
Black women die at nearly three times the rate
More than half of Georgia's counties have no maternity care
One of only five states with no public accommodation law
Minimal rights for workers to organize
Georgia still refuses to expand Medicaid. One in five women of childbearing age there has no insurance.
Georgia's own health department says
89% of its maternal deaths were preventable.
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Sources: CNBC 2026; Georgia Dept of Public Health; KFF; March of Dimes; Georgetown CCF