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St. James 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
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Medicaid
(2004)
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St. James Parish
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Louisiana
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United
States
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Eligibles |
4,844
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1,048,048
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na
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% of population eligible for Medicaid
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22.9%
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23.3%
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na
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Recipients |
4,882
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1,048,209
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na
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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
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Substance use
in high school seniors (2002)
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St. James Parish
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Louisiana
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United
States
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12th
graders who... |
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...ever tried cigarettes
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55%
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57%
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57%
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...smoked cigarettes in last 30 days |
19%
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26%
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27%
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...ever tried alcohol |
77%
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77%
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78%
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...used alcohol in last 30 days |
50%
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49%
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49%
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...reported binge drinking |
25%
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30%
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29%
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...ever tried marijuana |
33%
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38%
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48%
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...smoked marijuana in last 30 days |
15%
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16%
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22%
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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
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Maternal &
child health (2001)
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St. James Parish
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Louisiana
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United
States
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Live births |
309
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65,193
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na
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Birth rate per 1,000 population |
14.6
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14.6
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na
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Births to teens 15-19 years |
12.3%
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15.8%
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na
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Low birthweight babies |
12.6%
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10.3%
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na
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Women receiving adequate prenatal care |
67.3%
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77.8%
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na
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 births |
16.2
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9.8
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na
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% Up-to-date immunization (2003) |
70%
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47%
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na
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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 |
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Data Tables: People
& Household Characteristics, Housing
& Housing Costs, Income & Poverty,
Transportation, Employment,
Educational Attainment, Schools
& Testing, Immigration & Language,
Disabilities, Health, Public
Safety, Voting, Parish
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