2011 | Plaquemines, Louisiana
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| Plaquemines | Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Louisiana | Rank (of 64) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 6 | ||||
| Mortality | 8 | ||||
| Premature death | 8,988 | 7,663-10,312 | 5,564 | 10,654 | |
| Morbidity | 10 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 20% | 15-26% | 10% | 19% | |
| Poor physical health days | 4.2 | 3.0-5.5 | 2.6 | 3.7 | |
| Poor mental health days | 2.7 | 1.6-3.7 | 2.3 | 3.1 | |
| Low birthweight | 8.2% | 7.1-9.2% | 6.0% | 10.9% | |
| Health Factors | 12 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 16 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 22% | 15-29% | 15% | 23% | |
| Adult obesity | 33% | 27-40% | 25% | 32% | |
| Excessive drinking | 14% | 9-21% | 8% | 16% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 25 | 18-33 | 12 | 23 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 287 | 83 | 528 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 43 | 38-48 | 22 | 55 | |
| Clinical Care | 38 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 30% | 25-35% | 13% | 26% | |
| Primary care physicians | 3,020:1 | 631:1 | 863:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 81 | 69-93 | 52 | 98 | |
| Diabetic screening | 84% | 62-100% | 89% | 77% | |
| Mammography screening | 74% | 60% | |||
| Social & Economic Factors | 11 | ||||
| High school graduation | 60% | 92% | 61% | ||
| Some college | 56% | 68% | 51% | ||
| Unemployment | 6.3% | 5.3% | 6.8% | ||
| Children in poverty | 20% | 15-25% | 11% | 25% | |
| Inadequate social support | 28% | 19-38% | 14% | 23% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 30% | 20% | 41% | ||
| Homicide rate | 1 | 13 | |||
| Physical Environment | 2 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 33% | 92% | 62% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 19 | 17 | 9 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
