2011 | Lafourche, Louisiana
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| Lafourche | Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Louisiana | Rank (of 64) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 9 | ||||
| Mortality | 5 | ||||
| Premature death | 8,827 | 8,148-9,506 | 5,564 | 10,654 | |
| Morbidity | 15 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 18% | 16-21% | 10% | 19% | |
| Poor physical health days | 3.6 | 3.0-4.2 | 2.6 | 3.7 | |
| Poor mental health days | 3.0 | 2.3-3.8 | 2.3 | 3.1 | |
| Low birthweight | 9.6% | 9.0-10.3% | 6.0% | 10.9% | |
| Health Factors | 16 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 40 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 24% | 21-28% | 15% | 23% | |
| Adult obesity | 35% | 30-39% | 25% | 32% | |
| Excessive drinking | 16% | 13-19% | 8% | 16% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 26 | 22-30 | 12 | 23 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 375 | 83 | 528 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 47 | 44-50 | 22 | 55 | |
| Clinical Care | 15 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 25% | 20-29% | 13% | 26% | |
| Primary care physicians | 1,101:1 | 631:1 | 863:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 97 | 93-102 | 52 | 98 | |
| Diabetic screening | 80% | 72-88% | 89% | 77% | |
| Mammography screening | 60% | 52-69% | 74% | 60% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 8 | ||||
| High school graduation | 65% | 92% | 61% | ||
| Some college | 43% | 68% | 51% | ||
| Unemployment | 4.6% | 5.3% | 6.8% | ||
| Children in poverty | 22% | 17-26% | 11% | 25% | |
| Inadequate social support | 21% | 17-25% | 14% | 23% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 31% | 20% | 41% | ||
| Homicide rate | 6 | 4-8 | 1 | 13 | |
| Physical Environment | 56 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 12 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 75% | 92% | 62% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 6 | 17 | 9 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
