Editing Lowndes County, Alabama (section)

==Health==
A study published in the ''American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene'' in 2017 collected samples from 55 people in Lowndes County and found that 19 (34.5%) of studied samples tested positive for [[hookworm]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=Human Intestinal Parasite Burden and Poor Sanitation in Rural Alabama|first1=Megan L.|last1=McKenna|first2=Shannon|last2=McAtee|first3=Peter J.|last3=Hotez|first4=Patricia E.|last4=Bryan|first5=Rebecca|last5=Jeun|first6=Maria E.|last6=Bottazzi|first7=Catherine C.|last7=Flowers|first8=Tabitha|last8=Ward|first9=Jacob|last9=Kraus|first10=Rojelio|last10=Mejia|date=8 November 2017|journal=The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene|volume=97|issue=5|pages=1623–1628|doi=10.4269/ajtmh.17-0396|pmc=5817782|pmid=29016326}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/05/hookworm-lowndes-county-alabama-water-waste-treatment-poverty|title=Hookworm, a disease of extreme poverty, is thriving in the US south. Why?|first=Ed|last=Pilkington|date=September 5, 2017|access-date=December 4, 2017|via=www.TheGuardian.com}}</ref> The study concluded that the parasite burden was low. Hookworm infection is a [[soil-transmitted helminthiasis]] and classified as a [[neglected tropical disease]] associated with extreme poverty.<ref>{{cite web|title=Neglected Tropical Diseases|url=https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/ntd/diseases/index.html|website=cdc.gov|access-date=November 28, 2014|date=June 6, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204084219/http://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/ntd/diseases/index.html|archive-date=December 4, 2014}}</ref>

As of 2013, 23.5% of residents had diagnosed diabetes, the highest percentage of any county in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/atlas/countydata/County_ListofIndicators.html|title=County Data Indicators - County Data - Data and Statistics - Diabetes - CDC|website=www.CDC.gov|access-date=December 4, 2017}}</ref>