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Snapshot 2010: Catahoula, LA
| Catahoula | Error Margin |
Target Value* |
Louisiana | Rank (of 64) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 55 | ||||
| Mortality | 38 | ||||
| Premature death | 11,349 | 9,180-13,877 | 8,948 | 10,807 | |
| Morbidity | 64 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 28% | 21-37% | 17% | 19% | |
| Poor physical health days | 5.3 | 3.7-6.8 | 2.9 | 3.6 | |
| Poor mental health days | 4.1 | 2.3-6.0 | 2.1 | 3.0 | |
| Low birthweight | 11.6% | 9.6-13.6% | 8.6% | 10.8% | |
| Health Factors | 53 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 36 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 24% | 17-33% | 20% | 23% | |
| Adult obesity | 31% | 26-38% | 28% | 31% | |
| Binge drinking | 6% | 3-12% | 6% | 14% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 42 | 27-57 | 19 | 23 | |
| Chlamydia rate | 274 | 174 | 452 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 70 | 60-80 | 44 | 56 | |
| Clinical Care | 55 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 25% | 21-29% | 17% | 21% | |
| Primary care provider rate | 57 | 145 | 119 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 153 | 139-167 | 83 | 106 | |
| Diabetic screening | 67% | 59-75% | 81% | 75% | |
| Hospice use | 20% | 13-33% | 37% | 31% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 53 | ||||
| High school graduation | 67% | 75% | 60% | ||
| College degrees | 11% | 9-13% | 22% | 20% | |
| Unemployment | 6% | 6-7% | 4% | 5% | |
| Children in poverty | 45% | 36-53% | 22% | 27% | |
| Income inequality | 48 | 42 | 48 | ||
| Inadequate social support | 18% | 23% | |||
| Single-parent households | 12% | 11-13% | 10% | 12% | |
| Homicide rate | 5 | 13 | |||
| Physical Environment | 26 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 17% | 63% | 38% | ||
| Liquor store density | 0.0 | 0.4 | |||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
