2011 | Calcasieu, Louisiana
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| Calcasieu | Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Louisiana | Rank (of 64) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 32 | ||||
| Mortality | 42 | ||||
| Premature death | 11,587 | 11,032-12,143 | 5,564 | 10,654 | |
| Morbidity | 19 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 17% | 16-19% | 10% | 19% | |
| Poor physical health days | 3.7 | 3.4-4.1 | 2.6 | 3.7 | |
| Poor mental health days | 3.1 | 2.7-3.5 | 2.3 | 3.1 | |
| Low birthweight | 10.2% | 9.8-10.7% | 6.0% | 10.9% | |
| Health Factors | 15 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 39 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 24% | 22-26% | 15% | 23% | |
| Adult obesity | 34% | 31-37% | 25% | 32% | |
| Excessive drinking | 17% | 15-19% | 8% | 16% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 23 | 21-26 | 12 | 23 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 419 | 83 | 528 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 61 | 59-64 | 22 | 55 | |
| Clinical Care | 9 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 29% | 25-33% | 13% | 26% | |
| Primary care physicians | 830:1 | 631:1 | 863:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 80 | 77-83 | 52 | 98 | |
| Diabetic screening | 82% | 77-87% | 89% | 77% | |
| Mammography screening | 62% | 57-68% | 74% | 60% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 10 | ||||
| High school graduation | 70% | 92% | 61% | ||
| Some college | 51% | 68% | 51% | ||
| Unemployment | 6.4% | 5.3% | 6.8% | ||
| Children in poverty | 21% | 16-25% | 11% | 25% | |
| Inadequate social support | 21% | 18-23% | 14% | 23% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 34% | 20% | 41% | ||
| Homicide rate | 8 | 7-10 | 1 | 13 | |
| Physical Environment | 39 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 9 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 79% | 92% | 62% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 9 | 17 | 9 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
