2011 | St. Helena, Louisiana
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| St. Helena | Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Louisiana | Rank (of 64) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 57 | ||||
| Mortality | 58 | ||||
| Premature death | 12,935 | 10,273-16,077 | 5,564 | 10,654 | |
| Morbidity | 50 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 10% | 19% | |||
| Poor physical health days | 4.4 | 2.6-6.2 | 2.6 | 3.7 | |
| Poor mental health days | 2.9 | 1.6-4.1 | 2.3 | 3.1 | |
| Low birthweight | 12.6% | 10.3-14.9% | 6.0% | 10.9% | |
| Health Factors | 58 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 53 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 15% | 23% | |||
| Adult obesity | 35% | 29-43% | 25% | 32% | |
| Excessive drinking | 8% | 16% | |||
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 52 | 36-69 | 12 | 23 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 455 | 83 | 528 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 48 | 40-56 | 22 | 55 | |
| Clinical Care | 58 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 36% | 30-41% | 13% | 26% | |
| Primary care physicians | 1,760:1 | 631:1 | 863:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 138 | 119-156 | 52 | 98 | |
| Diabetic screening | 73% | 44-100% | 89% | 77% | |
| Mammography screening | 74% | 60% | |||
| Social & Economic Factors | 56 | ||||
| High school graduation | 60% | 92% | 61% | ||
| Some college | 34% | 68% | 51% | ||
| Unemployment | 10.8% | 5.3% | 6.8% | ||
| Children in poverty | 32% | 23-40% | 11% | 25% | |
| Inadequate social support | 14% | 23% | |||
| Children in single-parent households | 43% | 20% | 41% | ||
| Homicide rate | 1 | 13 | |||
| Physical Environment | 45 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 50% | 92% | 62% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 0 | 17 | 9 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
