Access to Appropriate	Parish Health Profiles
Health Care	Orleans
click to download data:	Orleans Parish		All Parishes
POPULATION, 2000
	United States	Louisiana	Orleans
Total	281,421,906	4,468,976	484,674
By Age
18 and Younger	76,168,003	1,291,025	137,014
19 to 64 Years	170,274,931	2,659,854	290,859
65 and Older	34,978,972	518,097	56,801
Medicare Eligible
As a % of Total Population	12.4	11.6	11.7
Percent of Population Without Vehicles
Owner-Occupied Housing Units	4.5	6.0	11.8
Renter-Occupied Housing Units	21.6	24.2	40.8
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000,Summary File 3 (SF 3), Table P6 Sex by Age,
Summary File 4 (SF4) Table QT-H11 Vehicles Available and Household Income in 1999
http://www.factfinder.census.gov/
MEDICAID and LaCHIP, 2003-2004
	United States	Louisiana	Orleans
Medicaid
# Eligible	not available	1,048,048	143,551
# Recipients		1,048,209	138,918
As % of Total Population		23.3	29.6
LaCHIP
# Eligible	not available	114,559	12,248
# Recipients		109,077	11,303
As a % of Eligible Population		95.2	92.3
Source: Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals – Medicaid Annual Report 2003-2004.
http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov/reports.asp	<key words: Medicaid Annual Report>
HEALTH INSURANCE
	United States	Louisiana	Orleans
Estimated Uninsured Children Under 19 by Parish
# Uninsured		143,999	13,557
% uninsured		10.0	9.9
Estimated Uninsured - by DHH Administrative Region
#  Adults – 19 to 65 Years		576,500	131,000
% Uninsured Adults		21.1	20.9
# Adults under 200% FPL1		400,000	103,800
% Uninsured		42.5	46.5
# Children – 18 & Younger		135,400	27,400
% Uninsured Children		11.1	9.6
# Children under 200% FPL1		77,200	18,500
% Uninsured		12.9	13.2
Estimated Insured Adults - by DHH Administrative Region
% Insured by Employer		55.3	57.3
% Insured by LaChip/Medicaid		4.5	5.2
% insured by Military		2.9	3.6
% Bought Insurance		8.5	7.2
% Insured by Medicare		4.1	4.0
% insured by Former Employer		4.4	3.4
% Insured by Someone Not Living in Household		1.3	1.2
1Federal Poverty Level
Source: Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, Louisiana Health Insurance Survey,
Conducted by the LSU Public Policy Research Lab, Released April 21, 2004. U.S. Data: DeNavas-Walt, Carmen,
Bernadette D. Proctor, and Robert J. Mills,
http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov/reports.asp	<key words: health insurance survey>.
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
	United States	Louisiana	Orleans
Primary Care Physicians (PCPs)
Family Practice	not available	849	64
General Practice		278	27
Infectious Disease		11	3
Internal Medicine		1,901	428
Obstetrics & Gynecology		594	109
Pediatrics		817	201
Total PCP		4,439	829
Mental Health Provider
Psychiatrists		442	158
Social Workers		3,133	798
Total Mental Health Providers		3,575	956
Nursing Homes Facilities
Number of Facilities		317	27
Number of Beds		39,246	3,520
Source: Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Health Standards, March 2005, Licensed Beds