2011 | St. Bernard, Louisiana
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| St. Bernard | Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Louisiana | Rank (of 64) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 58 | ||||
| Mortality | 56 | ||||
| Premature death | 12,596 | 11,300-13,891 | 5,564 | 10,654 | |
| Morbidity | 54 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 24% | 17-33% | 10% | 19% | |
| Poor physical health days | 4.5 | 2.8-6.2 | 2.6 | 3.7 | |
| Poor mental health days | 4.9 | 3.2-6.6 | 2.3 | 3.1 | |
| Low birthweight | 10.3% | 9.4-11.2% | 6.0% | 10.9% | |
| Health Factors | 28 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 33 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 27% | 20-35% | 15% | 23% | |
| Adult obesity | 31% | 25-38% | 25% | 32% | |
| Excessive drinking | 19% | 13-28% | 8% | 16% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 21 | 17-26 | 12 | 23 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 339 | 83 | 528 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 51 | 47-54 | 22 | 55 | |
| Clinical Care | 16 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 17% | 13-21% | 13% | 26% | |
| Primary care physicians | 4,185:1 | 631:1 | 863:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 110 | 97-123 | 52 | 98 | |
| Diabetic screening | 77% | 56-98% | 89% | 77% | |
| Mammography screening | 74% | 60% | |||
| Social & Economic Factors | 46 | ||||
| High school graduation | 40% | 92% | 61% | ||
| Some college | 43% | 68% | 51% | ||
| Unemployment | 6.5% | 5.3% | 6.8% | ||
| Children in poverty | 32% | 24-40% | 11% | 25% | |
| Inadequate social support | 14% | 23% | |||
| Children in single-parent households | 38% | 20% | 41% | ||
| Homicide rate | 7 | 5-10 | 1 | 13 | |
| Physical Environment | 28 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 60% | 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
