2011 | Ouachita, Louisiana
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| Ouachita | Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Louisiana | Rank (of 64) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 23 | ||||
| Mortality | 25 | ||||
| Premature death | 10,358 | 9,770-10,946 | 5,564 | 10,654 | |
| Morbidity | 27 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 17% | 15-20% | 10% | 19% | |
| Poor physical health days | 3.2 | 2.7-3.6 | 2.6 | 3.7 | |
| Poor mental health days | 2.7 | 2.3-3.2 | 2.3 | 3.1 | |
| Low birthweight | 12.4% | 11.9-13.0% | 6.0% | 10.9% | |
| Health Factors | 17 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 19 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 23% | 20-26% | 15% | 23% | |
| Adult obesity | 32% | 29-36% | 25% | 32% | |
| Excessive drinking | 12% | 10-15% | 8% | 16% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 19 | 16-21 | 12 | 23 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 846 | 83 | 528 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 56 | 54-59 | 22 | 55 | |
| Clinical Care | 12 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 27% | 23-31% | 13% | 26% | |
| Primary care physicians | 665:1 | 631:1 | 863:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 95 | 92-99 | 52 | 98 | |
| Diabetic screening | 73% | 67-79% | 89% | 77% | |
| Mammography screening | 59% | 52-65% | 74% | 60% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 32 | ||||
| High school graduation | 60% | 92% | 61% | ||
| Some college | 56% | 68% | 51% | ||
| Unemployment | 7.0% | 5.3% | 6.8% | ||
| Children in poverty | 33% | 27-38% | 11% | 25% | |
| Inadequate social support | 23% | 20-28% | 14% | 23% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 47% | 20% | 41% | ||
| Homicide rate | 7 | 6-9 | 1 | 13 | |
| Physical Environment | 8 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 75% | 92% | 62% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 12 | 17 | 9 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
