2011 | Natchitoches, Louisiana
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| Natchitoches | Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Louisiana | Rank (of 64) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 35 | ||||
| Mortality | 38 | ||||
| Premature death | 10,992 | 9,813-12,171 | 5,564 | 10,654 | |
| Morbidity | 32 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 21% | 17-25% | 10% | 19% | |
| Poor physical health days | 3.8 | 3.0-4.7 | 2.6 | 3.7 | |
| Poor mental health days | 2.7 | 1.9-3.4 | 2.3 | 3.1 | |
| Low birthweight | 11.5% | 10.5-12.5% | 6.0% | 10.9% | |
| Health Factors | 42 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 22 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 20% | 15-25% | 15% | 23% | |
| Adult obesity | 34% | 28-40% | 25% | 32% | |
| Excessive drinking | 14% | 10-20% | 8% | 16% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 25 | 19-30 | 12 | 23 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 839 | 83 | 528 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 51 | 48-55 | 22 | 55 | |
| Clinical Care | 28 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 30% | 25-36% | 13% | 26% | |
| Primary care physicians | 1,001:1 | 631:1 | 863:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 125 | 117-132 | 52 | 98 | |
| Diabetic screening | 76% | 64-89% | 89% | 77% | |
| Mammography screening | 63% | 48-77% | 74% | 60% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 50 | ||||
| High school graduation | 55% | 92% | 61% | ||
| Some college | 47% | 68% | 51% | ||
| Unemployment | 8.1% | 5.3% | 6.8% | ||
| Children in poverty | 39% | 33-45% | 11% | 25% | |
| Inadequate social support | 27% | 20-35% | 14% | 23% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 47% | 20% | 41% | ||
| Homicide rate | 9 | 5-12 | 1 | 13 | |
| Physical Environment | 40 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 20% | 92% | 62% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 8 | 17 | 9 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
