2011 | Rapides, Louisiana
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| Rapides | Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Louisiana | Rank (of 64) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 24 | ||||
| Mortality | 27 | ||||
| Premature death | 10,366 | 9,739-10,994 | 5,564 | 10,654 | |
| Morbidity | 28 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 20% | 18-23% | 10% | 19% | |
| Poor physical health days | 3.7 | 3.3-4.2 | 2.6 | 3.7 | |
| Poor mental health days | 3.2 | 2.6-3.7 | 2.3 | 3.1 | |
| Low birthweight | 10.7% | 10.1-11.2% | 6.0% | 10.9% | |
| Health Factors | 10 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 15 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 23% | 21-26% | 15% | 23% | |
| Adult obesity | 31% | 28-35% | 25% | 32% | |
| Excessive drinking | 11% | 9-13% | 8% | 16% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 21 | 18-24 | 12 | 23 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 515 | 83 | 528 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 65 | 63-68 | 22 | 55 | |
| Clinical Care | 4 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 26% | 21-30% | 13% | 26% | |
| Primary care physicians | 721:1 | 631:1 | 863:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 89 | 86-93 | 52 | 98 | |
| Diabetic screening | 80% | 74-86% | 89% | 77% | |
| Mammography screening | 69% | 62-76% | 74% | 60% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 18 | ||||
| High school graduation | 70% | 92% | 61% | ||
| Some college | 51% | 68% | 51% | ||
| Unemployment | 6.4% | 5.3% | 6.8% | ||
| Children in poverty | 27% | 22-32% | 11% | 25% | |
| Inadequate social support | 23% | 19-27% | 14% | 23% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 41% | 20% | 41% | ||
| Homicide rate | 9 | 7-11 | 1 | 13 | |
| Physical Environment | 38 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 32% | 92% | 62% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 7 | 17 | 9 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
