Louisiana Health Insurance

How Healthy is your State?

The Good News

• Strengths include a low prevalence of binge drinking at 13.4 percent of the population
• High immunization coverage with 83.0 percent of children ages 19 to 35 months receiving complete immunizations
• Few poor mental health days per month at 2.9 days in the previous 30 days.

The Challenge for Health Care in your State

• Challenges include a low high school graduation rate with 59.5 percent of incoming ninth graders who graduate within four years
• A high rate of uninsured population at 19.3 percent
• A high percentage of children in poverty at 23.3 percent of persons under age 18
• A high rate of preventable hospitalizations with 99.6 discharges per 1,000 Medicare enrollees

Most Recent Changes for Health Care in your State

• In the past year, the rate of preventable hospitalizations decreased from 111.9 to 99.6 discharges per 1,000 Medicare enrollees.
• In the past five years, the prevalence of smoking decreased from 26.5 percent to 20.4 percent of the population.
• In the past ten years, immunization coverage increased from 61.8 percent to 83.0 percent of children ages 19 to 35 months receiving complete immunizations.
• Since 1990, the prevalence of obesity increased from 12.3 percent to 28.9 percent of the population.