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Alcohol & Drug Use and Related Behaviors
Children At-Risk
Chronic Disease Prevention
Economic Opportunity
Educational Attainment
Health of Older Adults
Access to Healthcare Services
Infant Mortality
Obesity
Tobacco Use
Uninsured Back to 1998 Community Health Assessment Report
Youth
Risk Behavioral Survey
First drink of alcohol before
13 years of age
46.7% Central LA
32.4% Nation
Lifetime alcohol use
87.7% Central LA
80.4% Nation
Binge drinking
65.9% Central LA
32.6% Nation
Alcohol use in past month
57.8% Central LA
51.6% Nation
Drinking on school property
8.4% Central LA
6.3% Nation
Behavioral Risk Factor Survey
Binge drinking
33.6% Central LA
13.9% Nation
Chronic drinking
9.6% Central LA
2.8% Nation
Secondary Data
Louisiana statewide alcohol-related vehicle
death rate is one of the highest in the nation.
10.6 deaths per 100,000 in LA
6.8 deaths per 100,000 Nation
Community Perceptions
Drug use linked with crime and poor motivation among users
Drug use facilitated by boredom and low parental supervision
Youth Risk Behavioral Survey
Riding with a driver who had been drinking
50.2% Central LA
38.8% Nation
Drinking and driving
28.8% Central LA
15.4% Nation
Behavioral Risk Factor Survey
Drinking and driving
4.8% Central LA
2.3% Nation
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