2011 | Union, Louisiana
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| Union | Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Louisiana | Rank (of 64) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 34 | ||||
| Mortality | 41 | ||||
| Premature death | 11,254 | 9,641-12,868 | 5,564 | 10,654 | |
| Morbidity | 25 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 24% | 19-31% | 10% | 19% | |
| Poor physical health days | 4.5 | 3.3-5.6 | 2.6 | 3.7 | |
| Poor mental health days | 2.7 | 1.6-3.9 | 2.3 | 3.1 | |
| Low birthweight | 9.1% | 7.9-10.3% | 6.0% | 10.9% | |
| Health Factors | 51 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 45 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 25% | 18-32% | 15% | 23% | |
| Adult obesity | 34% | 28-40% | 25% | 32% | |
| Excessive drinking | 10% | 6-16% | 8% | 16% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 39 | 29-49 | 12 | 23 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 533 | 83 | 528 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 65 | 58-72 | 22 | 55 | |
| Clinical Care | 55 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 29% | 24-34% | 13% | 26% | |
| Primary care physicians | 4,533:1 | 631:1 | 863:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 149 | 139-158 | 52 | 98 | |
| Diabetic screening | 73% | 60-86% | 89% | 77% | |
| Mammography screening | 63% | 47-78% | 74% | 60% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 48 | ||||
| High school graduation | 55% | 92% | 61% | ||
| Some college | 41% | 68% | 51% | ||
| Unemployment | 10.6% | 5.3% | 6.8% | ||
| Children in poverty | 28% | 21-35% | 11% | 25% | |
| Inadequate social support | 22% | 15-32% | 14% | 23% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 43% | 20% | 41% | ||
| Homicide rate | 1 | 13 | |||
| Physical Environment | 11 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 50% | 92% | 62% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 9 | 17 | 9 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
