2011 | West Carroll, Louisiana
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| West Carroll | Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Louisiana | Rank (of 64) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 15 | ||||
| Mortality | 16 | ||||
| Premature death | 9,787 | 7,766-12,173 | 5,564 | 10,654 | |
| Morbidity | 14 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 18% | 12-26% | 10% | 19% | |
| Poor physical health days | 2.5 | 1.5-3.5 | 2.6 | 3.7 | |
| Poor mental health days | 2.8 | 1.2-4.3 | 2.3 | 3.1 | |
| Low birthweight | 11.0% | 9.1-12.9% | 6.0% | 10.9% | |
| Health Factors | 59 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 29 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 28% | 19-39% | 15% | 23% | |
| Adult obesity | 31% | 25-38% | 25% | 32% | |
| Excessive drinking | 9% | 4-16% | 8% | 16% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 25 | 15-36 | 12 | 23 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 339 | 83 | 528 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 63 | 54-73 | 22 | 55 | |
| Clinical Care | 64 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 29% | 24-35% | 13% | 26% | |
| Primary care physicians | 3,794:1 | 631:1 | 863:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 314 | 296-332 | 52 | 98 | |
| Diabetic screening | 71% | 55-88% | 89% | 77% | |
| Mammography screening | 52% | 35-69% | 74% | 60% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 59 | ||||
| High school graduation | 60% | 92% | 61% | ||
| Some college | 31% | 68% | 51% | ||
| Unemployment | 16.5% | 5.3% | 6.8% | ||
| Children in poverty | 32% | 24-40% | 11% | 25% | |
| Inadequate social support | 14% | 23% | |||
| Children in single-parent households | 30% | 20% | 41% | ||
| Homicide rate | 1 | 13 | |||
| Physical Environment | 17 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 100% | 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
