2011 | Los Angeles, California
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| Los Angeles County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
California | Rank (of 56) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 26 | ||||
| Mortality | 21 | ||||
| Premature death | 6,009 | 5,956-6,061 | 5,564 | 6,128 | |
| Morbidity | 51 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 22% | 21-23% | 10% | 18% | |
| Poor physical health days | 3.9 | 3.6-4.1 | 2.6 | 3.7 | |
| Poor mental health days | 3.7 | 3.5-3.9 | 2.3 | 3.6 | |
| Low birthweight | 7.1% | 7.0-7.1% | 6.0% | 6.7% | |
| Health Factors | 38 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 18 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 15% | 14-16% | 15% | 15% | |
| Adult obesity | 21% | 19-23% | 25% | 23% | |
| Excessive drinking | 16% | 15-17% | 8% | 17% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 10 | 9-10 | 12 | 12 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 474 | 83 | 407 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 41 | 41-41 | 22 | 40 | |
| Clinical Care | 53 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 28% | 27-29% | 13% | 24% | |
| Primary care physicians | 884:1 | 631:1 | 847:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 69 | 69-70 | 52 | 59 | |
| Diabetic screening | 73% | 71-74% | 89% | 77% | |
| Mammography screening | 53% | 52-54% | 74% | 59% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 42 | ||||
| High school graduation | 60% | 92% | 71% | ||
| Some college | 55% | 68% | 59% | ||
| Unemployment | 11.6% | 5.3% | 11.4% | ||
| Children in poverty | 22% | 21-23% | 11% | 19% | |
| Inadequate social support | 30% | 28-31% | 14% | 26% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 33% | 20% | 30% | ||
| Violent crime rate | 637 | 100 | 520 | ||
| Physical Environment | 50 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 22 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 79 | 0 | 51 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 90% | 92% | 79% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 7 | 17 | 9 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
