2011 | East Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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| East Baton Rouge | Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Louisiana | Rank (of 64) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 19 | ||||
| Mortality | 26 | ||||
| Premature death | 10,364 | 10,012-10,715 | 5,564 | 10,654 | |
| Morbidity | 18 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 15% | 13-16% | 10% | 19% | |
| Poor physical health days | 3.1 | 2.8-3.4 | 2.6 | 3.7 | |
| Poor mental health days | 2.7 | 2.4-3.0 | 2.3 | 3.1 | |
| Low birthweight | 11.9% | 11.6-12.2% | 6.0% | 10.9% | |
| Health Factors | 6 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 2 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 20% | 18-22% | 15% | 23% | |
| Adult obesity | 30% | 27-32% | 25% | 32% | |
| Excessive drinking | 16% | 14-18% | 8% | 16% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 19 | 17-20 | 12 | 23 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 537 | 83 | 528 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 41 | 40-42 | 22 | 55 | |
| Clinical Care | 3 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 25% | 22-29% | 13% | 26% | |
| Primary care physicians | 683:1 | 631:1 | 863:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 58 | 56-60 | 52 | 98 | |
| Diabetic screening | 78% | 74-83% | 89% | 77% | |
| Mammography screening | 67% | 62-72% | 74% | 60% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 22 | ||||
| High school graduation | 60% | 92% | 61% | ||
| Some college | 65% | 68% | 51% | ||
| Unemployment | 6.2% | 5.3% | 6.8% | ||
| Children in poverty | 25% | 21-28% | 11% | 25% | |
| Inadequate social support | 24% | 21-26% | 14% | 23% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 45% | 20% | 41% | ||
| Homicide rate | 16 | 14-17 | 1 | 13 | |
| Physical Environment | 55 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 20 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 75% | 92% | 62% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 14 | 17 | 9 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
