Health Indicators (Key)

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Note: Healthy People 2030 (HP2030) is a widely accepted set of health promotion and disease prevention goals for all Americans.
 
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SOCIAL DETERMINANTS Beauregard Parish vs. LA vs. US vs. HP2030 TREND
Linguistically Isolated Population (Percent) 0.1
favorable
1.6
favorable
3.9
Population in Poverty (Percent) 13.3
favorable
18.7
similar
12.5
unfavorable
8.0
Children in Poverty (Percent) 16.6
favorable
25.8
similar
16.7
unfavorable
8.0
No High School Diploma (Age 25+, Percent) 11.8
similar
13.3
similar
10.9
Unemployment Rate (Age 16+, Percent) 3.9
similar
4.3
favorable
4.5
favorable
7.1
% Unable to Pay Cash for a $400 Emergency Expense 36.6
similar
34.0
similar
38.6
Housing Cost Exceeds 30% of Income (Percent) 13.4
favorable
27.9
favorable
30.5
favorable
25.5
% Unhealthy/Unsafe Housing Conditions 10.8
favorable
16.4
similar
13.9
Population With Low Food Access (Percent) 55.8
unfavorable
26.4
unfavorable
22.2
 
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OVERALL HEALTH Beauregard Parish vs. LA vs. US vs. HP2030 TREND
% "Fair/Poor" Overall Health 13.6
favorable
21.7
similar
15.7
favorable
21.1
 
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ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE Beauregard Parish vs. LA vs. US vs. HP2030 TREND
% [Age 18-64] Lack Health Insurance 4.1
favorable
8.7
favorable
8.1
favorable
7.6
unfavorable
0.7
% Cost Prevented Physician Visit in Past Year 17.3
unfavorable
12.1
similar
21.6
similar
17.2
% Cost Prevented Getting Prescription in Past Year 19.3
similar
20.2
similar
16.4
% Transportation Hindered Dr Visit in Past Year 4.3
favorable
18.3
favorable
9.7
% Difficulty Getting Child's Health Care in Past Year 3.9
favorable
11.1
similar
3.4
Primary Care Doctors per 100,000 44.9
unfavorable
70.1
unfavorable
76.4
% Routine Checkup in Past Year 72.0
unfavorable
80.6
favorable
65.3
similar
70.2
% [Child 0-17] Routine Checkup in Past Year 87.5
favorable
77.5
favorable
70.4
% Rate Local Health Care "Fair/Poor" 14.1
similar
11.5
favorable
28.4
% Outmigration for Care in the Past Year 82.8
similar
81.4
 
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CANCER Beauregard Parish vs. LA vs. US vs. HP2030 TREND
Cancer Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 207.5
unfavorable
165.7
unfavorable
146.5
unfavorable
122.7
similar
190.2
Cancer Incidence per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 492.6
similar
478.3
similar
442.3
Lung Cancer Incidence per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 72.2
similar
61.5
unfavorable
54.0
Female Breast Cancer Incidence per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 104.3
favorable
127.5
favorable
127.0
Prostate Cancer Incidence per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 120.0
favorable
138.1
similar
110.5
Colorectal Cancer Incidence per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 46.0
similar
44.3
unfavorable
36.5
% Cancer 7.5
similar
10.4
similar
7.4
similar
4.6
[Women 50-74] Breast Cancer Screening (Percent) 77.4
similar
78.7
similar
76.0
similar
80.5
 
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DIABETES Beauregard Parish vs. LA vs. US vs. HP2030 TREND
Diabetes Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 7.0
favorable
26.5
favorable
21.7
% Diabetes/High Blood Sugar 13.8
similar
14.7
similar
12.8
similar
19.2
Kidney Disease Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 30.0
unfavorable
20.5
unfavorable
12.9
unfavorable
23.0
 
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DISABLING CONDITIONS Beauregard Parish vs. LA vs. US vs. HP2030 TREND
% Activity Limitations 23.7
similar
27.5
similar
28.1
Alzheimer's Disease Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 34.3
favorable
43.1
similar
30.9
unfavorable
29.1
 
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HEART DISEASE & STROKE Beauregard Parish vs. LA vs. US vs. HP2030 TREND
Heart Disease Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 250.0
similar
213.8
unfavorable
164.4
unfavorable
127.4
similar
276.8
% Heart Disease 5.4
favorable
8.0
favorable
10.3
Stroke Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 44.8
similar
45.8
unfavorable
37.6
unfavorable
33.4
similar
39.7
% Stroke 4.8
similar
4.9
similar
5.4
similar
5.8
% High Blood Pressure 45.4
similar
40.2
similar
40.4
similar
42.6
similar
53.3
% High Cholesterol 32.7
similar
32.4
favorable
44.9
% 1+ Cardiovascular Risk Factor 85.9
similar
87.8
favorable
95.5
 
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INFANT HEALTH & FAMILY PLANNING Beauregard Parish vs. LA vs. US vs. HP2030 TREND
Teen Births per 1,000 Females 15-19 33.4
unfavorable
27.0
unfavorable
16.6
Infant Deaths per 1,000 Births 4.5
favorable
7.9
favorable
5.8
similar
5.0
 
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INJURY & VIOLENCE Beauregard Parish vs. LA vs. US vs. HP2030 TREND
Unintentional Injury Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 40.2
favorable
66.8
favorable
51.6
similar
43.2
similar
41.1
Homicide Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 6.8
favorable
13.7
similar
5.9
unfavorable
5.5
Violent Crimes per 100,000 129.2
favorable
562.3
favorable
416.0
 
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MENTAL HEALTH Beauregard Parish vs. LA vs. US vs. HP2030 TREND
% "Fair/Poor" Mental Health 22.9
similar
24.4
similar
24.1
% Diagnosed Depression 31.8
unfavorable
26.4
similar
30.8
similar
33.6
Suicide Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 13.3
similar
14.7
similar
13.2
similar
12.8
similar
12.5
Mental Health Providers per 100,000 74.0
unfavorable
339.0
unfavorable
313.7
% Unable to Get Mental Health Services in Past Year 7.5
favorable
13.2
similar
9.5
 
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NUTRITION, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY & WEIGHT Beauregard Parish vs. LA vs. US vs. HP2030 TREND
% "Very/Somewhat" Difficult to Buy Fresh Produce 24.9
similar
30.0
similar
31.1
% No Leisure-Time Physical Activity 30.7
similar
28.3
similar
30.2
unfavorable
21.8
similar
26.5
% [Child 2-17] Physically Active 1+ Hours per Day 43.4
favorable
27.4
similar
59.2
% Overweight (BMI 25+) 75.5
similar
71.7
unfavorable
63.3
favorable
92.0
% Obese (BMI 30+) 45.4
similar
40.1
unfavorable
33.9
unfavorable
36.0
similar
43.3
% [Child 5-17] Overweight (85th Percentile) 21.9
similar
31.8
similar
30.3
% [Child 5-17] Obese (95th Percentile) 11.4
similar
19.5
similar
15.5
similar
14.9
 
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ORAL HEALTH Beauregard Parish vs. LA vs. US vs. HP2030 TREND
Dentists per 100,000 19.0
unfavorable
59.0
unfavorable
73.4
% Dental Visit in Past Year 56.0
similar
60.4
similar
56.5
favorable
45.0
similar
59.1
 
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RESPIRATORY DISEASE Beauregard Parish vs. LA vs. US vs. HP2030 TREND
Lung Disease Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 65.9
unfavorable
41.1
unfavorable
38.1
unfavorable
45.0
% Asthma 8.7
similar
10.0
favorable
17.9
similar
10.0
% COPD (Lung Disease) 5.7
favorable
9.3
favorable
11.0
similar
3.0
 
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SEXUAL HEALTH Beauregard Parish vs. LA vs. US vs. HP2030 TREND
HIV Prevalence per 100,000 163.5
favorable
568.3
favorable
386.6
Chlamydia Incidence per 100,000 347.3
favorable
788.6
favorable
495.0
Gonorrhea Incidence per 100,000 103.9
favorable
327.1
favorable
194.4
 
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SUBSTANCE USE Beauregard Parish vs. LA vs. US vs. HP2030 TREND
% Binge Drinking 20.7
similar
16.9
favorable
30.6
favorable
25.4
favorable
30.3
Unintentional Drug-Induced Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 6.1
favorable
19.7
favorable
15.8
% Used a Prescription Opioid in Past Year 14.4
similar
15.1
similar
21.7
% Personally Impacted by Substance Use 33.9
favorable
45.4
favorable
48.8
 
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TOBACCO USE Beauregard Parish vs. LA vs. US vs. HP2030 TREND
% Smoke Cigarettes 7.3
favorable
16.7
favorable
23.9
similar
6.1
favorable
17.6
% Use Vaping Products 5.5
favorable
10.4
favorable
18.5
similar
6.0
 
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