Community Data Center Banner

Home >> Pre Katrina Home >> Orleans Parish >> Health

This information is pre-Katrina.
Although the information on this page is out-of-date, we are continuing to make it available, as it provides insight about this parish pre-Katrina. You may find outdated information and broken links.

For current data about the Greater New Orleans area, visit our homepage.

Orleans Parish: Health

Data Tables:  People & Household Characteristics, Housing & Housing Costs, Income & Poverty, Transportation, Employment, Educational Attainment, Schools & Testing, Immigration & Language, Disabilities, Health, Public Safety, Voting, Parish Characteristics

Definitions and source links

Medicaid (2004)
 Orleans Parish
  Louisiana
  United
States
Eligibles
  143,551
  1,048,048
  na
   % of population eligible for Medicaid
  30.6%
  23.3%
  na
Recipients
  138,918
  1,048,209
  na

Source Citation: LA Department of Health and Hospitals. Louisiana Medicaid Program Annual Report 2003-2004. From a compilation by the GNO Community Data Center. <http://www.gnocdc.org>
Note: na = comparable data not available

Definitions and source links
Substance use in high school seniors (2002)
Orleans Parish
  Louisiana
 United
States
12th graders who...      
   ...ever tried cigarettes
  38%
  57%
  57%
  ...smoked cigarettes in last 30 days
  11%
  26%
  27%
  ...ever tried alcohol
  60%
  77%
  78%
  ...used alcohol in last 30 days
  31%
  49%
  49%
  ...reported binge drinking
  15%
  30%
  29%
  ...ever tried marijuana
  32%
  38%
  48%
  ...smoked marijuana in last 30 days
  14%
  16%
  22%

Source Citation: Louisiana Office for Addictive Disorders. Communities that Care Youth Survey 2002. From a compilation by the GNO Community Data Center. <http://www.gnocdc.org>
Note: National comparison data comes from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Monitoring the Future national survey results on drug use, 1975-2002. Volume I: Secondary school students. <http://monitoringthefuture.org/>

Definitions and source links

Maternal & child health (2001)
Orleans Parish
  Louisiana
United
States
Live births
  7,233
  65,193
  na
Birth rate per 1,000 population
  15.1
  14.6
  na
Births to teens 15-19 years
  17.4%
  15.8%
  na
Low birthweight babies
  13.0%
  10.3%
  na
Women receiving adequate prenatal care
  76.9%
  77.8%
  na
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 births
  10.8
  9.8
  na
% Up-to-date immunization (2003)
  37%
  47%
  na
Source Citation: Louisiana Dept of Health and Hospitals. Louisiana Health Report Card 2003. From a compilation by the GNO Community Data Center. <http://www.gnocdc.org>
Source Citation (Immunizations): LA Office of Public Health, Immunization Program. Clinic Assessment Software Application (CASA) Results, 2003. From a compilation by the GNO Community Data Center. <http://www.gnocdc.org>
Note (Immunizations): Several factors, including a shift to private sector immunizations, have caused a drastic drop in the percent of children with up-to-date immunizations in public health clinics. Read more on page 2 of the Shots for Tots Newsletter (pdf).
Note: na = comparable data not available

Download this pre-Katrina data for all 10 parishes.

Data Tables:  People & Household Characteristics, Housing & Housing Costs, Income & Poverty, Transportation, Employment, Educational Attainment, Schools & Testing, Immigration & Language, Disabilities, Health, Public Safety, Voting, Parish Characteristics

Home >> Pre Katrina Home >> Orleans Parish >> Health

Bar

  

The Community Data Center website is a product of Greater New Orleans Nonprofit Knowledge Works. Copyright © 2000-2. All Rights Reserved.

Last modified: July 25, 2006