2011 | Cameron, Louisiana
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| Cameron | Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Louisiana | Rank (of 64) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 3 | ||||
| Mortality | 4 | ||||
| Premature death | 8,706 | 6,612-11,254 | 5,564 | 10,654 | |
| Morbidity | 3 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 20% | 13-30% | 10% | 19% | |
| Poor physical health days | 2.1 | 1.1-3.0 | 2.6 | 3.7 | |
| Poor mental health days | 3.4 | 0.9-6.0 | 2.3 | 3.1 | |
| Low birthweight | 8.8% | 6.6-11.0% | 6.0% | 10.9% | |
| Health Factors | 5 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 3 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 22% | 14-31% | 15% | 23% | |
| Adult obesity | 30% | 24-38% | 25% | 32% | |
| Excessive drinking | 14% | 7-24% | 8% | 16% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 12 | 23 | |||
| Sexually transmitted infections | 28 | 83 | 528 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 27 | 21-34 | 22 | 55 | |
| Clinical Care | 54 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 40% | 35-46% | 13% | 26% | |
| Primary care physicians | 631:1 | 863:1 | |||
| Preventable hospital stays | 107 | 85-129 | 52 | 98 | |
| Diabetic screening | 85% | 49-100% | 89% | 77% | |
| Mammography screening | 74% | 60% | |||
| Social & Economic Factors | 2 | ||||
| High school graduation | 80% | 92% | 61% | ||
| Some college | 51% | 68% | 51% | ||
| Unemployment | 5.7% | 5.3% | 6.8% | ||
| Children in poverty | 18% | 13-22% | 11% | 25% | |
| Inadequate social support | 14% | 23% | |||
| Children in single-parent households | 14% | 20% | 41% | ||
| Homicide rate | 1 | 13 | |||
| Physical Environment | 43 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 50% | 92% | 62% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 0 | 17 | 9 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
