2011 | West Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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| West Baton Rouge | Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Louisiana | Rank (of 64) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 59 | ||||
| Mortality | 57 | ||||
| Premature death | 12,600 | 10,884-14,315 | 5,564 | 10,654 | |
| Morbidity | 63 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 24% | 18-33% | 10% | 19% | |
| Poor physical health days | 4.3 | 2.6-5.9 | 2.6 | 3.7 | |
| Poor mental health days | 4.4 | 2.1-6.7 | 2.3 | 3.1 | |
| Low birthweight | 11.9% | 10.6-13.3% | 6.0% | 10.9% | |
| Health Factors | 13 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 10 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 20% | 13-29% | 15% | 23% | |
| Adult obesity | 32% | 27-38% | 25% | 32% | |
| Excessive drinking | 8% | 16% | |||
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 28 | 19-36 | 12 | 23 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 399 | 83 | 528 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 52 | 46-58 | 22 | 55 | |
| Clinical Care | 29 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 26% | 22-31% | 13% | 26% | |
| Primary care physicians | 2,829:1 | 631:1 | 863:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 58 | 50-67 | 52 | 98 | |
| Diabetic screening | 71% | 54-88% | 89% | 77% | |
| Mammography screening | 56% | 37-76% | 74% | 60% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 24 | ||||
| High school graduation | 65% | 92% | 61% | ||
| Some college | 47% | 68% | 51% | ||
| Unemployment | 6.7% | 5.3% | 6.8% | ||
| Children in poverty | 22% | 17-28% | 11% | 25% | |
| Inadequate social support | 14% | 23% | |||
| Children in single-parent households | 42% | 20% | 41% | ||
| Homicide rate | 1 | 13 | |||
| Physical Environment | 4 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 15 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 100% | 92% | 62% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 18 | 17 | 9 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
