| | 1996-98 | Rate/100,000 | |
| Name | Deaths | Population | Crude | Age Adjusted | |
| MUSCOGEE (COLUMBUS), GA-RUSSELL, AL -HSA# 166 | 28 | 889,737 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
| MARION, AL-FAYETTE, AL -HSA# 247 | 5 | 146,920 | 3.4 | 3.2 | UNSTABLE |
| DALLAS, AL-MARENGO, AL -HSA# 175 | 8 | 289,987 | 2.8 | 2.8 | UNSTABLE |
| LOWNDES, MS-CLAY, MS -HSA# 461 | 8 | 333,162 | 2.4 | 2.6 | UNSTABLE |
| LAUDERDALE, MS-NEWTON, MS -HSA# 412 | 14 | 556,789 | 2.5 | 2.6 | UNSTABLE |
| JEFFERSON (BIRMINGHAM), AL-WALKER, AL -HSA# 150 | 81 | 3,305,259 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| MOBILE (MOBILE), AL-BALDWIN, AL -HSA# 161 | 42 | 1,789,877 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| MONTGOMERY (MONTGOMERY), AL-COVINGTON, AL -HSA# 171 | 23 | 1,087,843 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| LAUDERDALE (FLORENCE), AL-COLBERT, AL -HSA# 219 | 12 | 571,263 | 2.1 | 2.1 | UNSTABLE |
| BUTLER, AL -HSA# 259 | 1 | 65,228 | 1.5 | 1.8 | UNSTABLE |
| HOUSTON (DOTHAN), AL-COFFEE, AL -HSA# 162 | 13 | 738,808 | 1.8 | 1.7 | UNSTABLE |
| TUSCALOOSA (TUSCALOOSA), AL-PICKENS, AL -HSA# 156 | 10 | 621,392 | 1.6 | 1.6 | UNSTABLE |
| ESCAMBIA (PENSACOLA), FL-OKALOOSA, FL -HSA# 163 | 27 | 1,941,495 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
| MADISON (HUNTSVILLE), AL-JACKSON, AL -HSA# 210 | 15 | 1,244,561 | 1.2 | 1.4 | UNSTABLE |
| MORGAN (DECATUR), AL-LAWRENCE, AL -HSA# 185 | 5 | 424,796 | 1.2 | 1.2 | UNSTABLE |
| TALLADEGA, AL-CLAY, AL -HSA# 241 | 4 | 306,304 | 1.3 | 1.2 | UNSTABLE |
| TROUP (LA GRANGE), GA-COWETA, GA -HSA# 172 | 7 | 686,572 | 1.0 | 1.0 | UNSTABLE |
| ETOWAH (GADSDEN), AL-MARSHALL, AL -HSA# 224 | 8 | 787,913 | 1.0 | 1.0 | UNSTABLE |
| CALHOUN (ANNISTON), AL-CARROLL, GA -HSA# 177 | 5 | 708,780 | 0.7 | 0.7 | UNSTABLE |
| LEE (AUBURN), AL-ELMORE, AL -HSA# 179 | 4 | 665,757 | 0.6 | 0.7 | UNSTABLE |
