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| POPULATION, 2000 |
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|
United States |
Louisiana |
Vernon |
| Total |
281,421,906 |
4,468,976 |
52,531 |
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| Children and Adolescents
by Age |
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|
|
| 0 to 12 Years |
52,151,878 |
859,905 |
11,627 |
| Under 1 Year |
3,827,009 |
65,071 |
1,132 |
| 1 to 3 Years |
11,316,208 |
186,342 |
2,881 |
| 4 to 5 Years |
7,882,947 |
129,132 |
1,849 |
| 6 to 12 Years |
29,125,714 |
479,360 |
5,765 |
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|
|
| 0 to 17 Years |
72,142,757 |
1,218,453 |
15,273 |
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000, Sample File 3 (SF3), Tables: P6. Race
and P8. Sex by Age, |
|
| http://factfinder.census.gov |
<keyword: data sets> |
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| INJURY RELATED DEATHS |
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|
|
| rate per 100,000
population |
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|
|
|
United States |
Louisiana |
Vernon |
| 2000 |
52.7 |
69.8 |
78.1 |
| 2001 |
55.1 |
69.0 |
55.4 |
| 2002 |
56.0 |
74.2 |
58.8 |
| Source:
Louisiana Hospital Inpatient Discharge Data (LAHID), Prepared by DHH/OPH,
Center for Community Health, |
| EMS/Injury Research and
Prevention Program, 2004. |
|
|
| CDC, National Center for Injury Prevention
and Control, Office of Statistics and Programming, NCHS Vital Statistics |
| System, Bureau of Census
population estimates. |
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|
| http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/wisqars/default.htm, |
<key
words: Nonfatal>. |
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| FATAL and NON-FATAL TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES |
|
|
|
| by PARISH of
RESIDENCE, 1996-1999 |
|
|
| rate per 100,000 population |
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|
|
|
United States |
Louisiana |
Vernon |
| Fatal Traumatic Brian
Injuries |
|
5,078 |
70 |
| Rate per 100,000
Population |
|
28.4 |
31.4 |
| Non-Fatal Traumatic
Brian Injuries |
|
10,612 |
99 |
| Rate per 100,000
Population |
|
59.3 |
44.4 |
| **Rate not
calculated for Non-fatal TBI in parishes with less than 30 cases due to
unstable rate. |
|
| Source:
DHH/OPH, EMS/Injury Research and Prevention Program: Traumatic Brain Injury
Surveillance System (1996-1999). |
| UNINTENTIONAL
DROWNING BY REGION OF INJURY, 2000-2002 |
| rate per 100,000 population,
n=286 |
|
|
|
|
United States |
Louisiana |
Region 6 |
| Unintentional Drowning |
10,210 |
640.6 |
20 |
| Rate per 100,000
Population |
1.2 |
4.8 |
2.2 |
| Source:
DHH/OPH, Vital Statistics, Death Certificates, Prepared by EMS/Injury
Research & Prevention Program, March 2005. |
| Rates calculated using
estimated 2000, 2001, 2002 populations
(Source: US Census). |
|
| CDC, National Center for Injury Prevention
and Control, Office of Statistics and Programming NCHS Vital Statistics |
| System, Bureau of Census
population estimates. |
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|
| http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/wisqars/default.htm |
|
|
| <key words: Injury and
Violence, WISQARS Inquiry Data, Fatal Injury Reports>. |
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| NON-FATAL
INJURY DISCHARGES by REGION, 2001 |
|
| rate per 100,000
population |
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|
|
|
United States |
Louisiana |
Region 6 |
| Burns |
498,507 |
521 |
45 |
| Rate per 100,000
Population |
174.9 |
11.7 |
15.0 |
|
|
|
|
| Unintentional Falls |
7,836,956 |
8,330 |
873 |
| Rate per 100,000
Population |
2,748.9 |
186.3 |
290.1 |
|
|
|
|
| Unintentional Poisonings |
519,164 |
1173 |
79 |
| Rate per 100,000
Population |
182.1 |
26.2 |
26.3 |
| **Discharges <30 are not
reported |
|
|
|
| Source:
Louisiana Hospital Inpatient Discharge Database 2001, Prepared by DHH/OPH,
EMS/Injury Research & |
| Prevention Program, March
2005. |
|
|
|
| CDC, National Center for Injury Prevention
and Control, Office of Statistics and Programming, NEISS All Injury
Program |
| operated by the Consumer
Product Safety Commission, Bureau of Census population estimates. |
|
| http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/wisqars/default.htm |
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| <key words: Injury and Violence, WISQARS
Inquiry Data, Fatal and Non-fatal Injury Reports>. |
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| MOTOR VEHICLE
INJURIES AND DEATHS, 2002 |
|
| rate
per 100,000 population |
|
|
|
|
United States |
Louisiana |
Vernon |
| Total Motor Vehicle
Injuries |
2,998,661 |
87140 |
474 |
| Rate per 100,000
Population |
1,041.3 |
1949.9 |
902.3 |
| Pedestrian Injuries |
174,235 |
1235 |
3 |
| % Pedestrian Injuries as
% of Total Injuries |
5.8 |
1.4 |
0.6 |
| Total Motor Vehicle Deaths |
44,065 |
914 |
7 |
| Rate per 100,000
Population |
15.8 |
20.5 |
13.3 |
| Pedestrian Deaths |
6,091 |
105 |
1 |
| % Pedestrian Deaths as %
of Total Deaths |
13.8 |
11.5 |
14.3 |
| Source:
Louisiana Highway Safety Commission, Prepared by DHH/OPH EMS/Injury Research
& Prevention Program, Aug 2004. |
| CDC, National Center for Injury Prevention
and Control, Office of Statistics and Programming, NEISS All Injury |
| Program operated by the
Consumer Product Safety Commission
NCHS Vital Statistics System, Bureau of Census |
| population estimates. |
|
|
|
| http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/wisqars/default.htm |
<key words: Injury and Violence, WISQARS
Inquiry Data>. |
| ALCOHOL-RELATED
CRASHES, 2002 |
|
|
| rate per 100,000
population |
|
|
|
|
United States |
Louisiana |
Vernon |
| Total Injury Crashes |
|
50,947 |
312 |
| Alcohol-Related |
|
5,391 |
32 |
| As a % of Total Injury
Crashes |
|
10.6 |
10.3 |
| Rate per 100,000
Population |
|
120.6 |
60.9 |
| Total Fatal Crashes |
|
818 |
7 |
| Alcohol-Related |
|
386 |
1 |
| As a % of Total Fatal
Crashes |
|
47.2 |
14.3 |
| Rate per 100,000
Population |
|
8.6 |
1.9 |
| Source:
Louisiana Highway Safety Commission, Prepared by DHH/OPH EMS/Injury Research
& Prevention Program, Aug 2004. |
| ESTIMATED
PERCENT OF CHILD RESTRAINT USAGE, 2004 |
| Observational
Study by State Planning Districts |
|
|
|
United States |
Louisiana |
District 6 |
| Percent of Usage by Age
Groups |
|
|
|
| 0 to 12 Years |
|
72.2 |
66.4 |
| Infants |
|
99.4 |
100.0 |
| 1
to 3 Years |
|
88.0 |
77.4 |
| 4
to 5 Years |
|
78.3 |
74.0 |
| 6
to 12 Years |
|
64.8 |
58.3 |
| Source:
Southern Media & Opinion Research, prepared for Louisiana Highway Safety
Commission October 2004, |
| http://www.dps.state.la.us/tiger/ |
<key words: Occupant Protection, Child
Safety Restraint Report>. |
| ADULT CRIME, 2004 |
|
|
|
| Adult
Admissions into Louisiana Correction System by Crime Category |
|
United States |
Louisiana |
Vernon |
| Total Adult Admissions |
|
28,469 |
194 |
| Drug Crimes |
|
11,692 |
94 |
| % Drug Crimes |
|
42.0 |
48.5 |
| Property Crimes |
|
9,726 |
60 |
| % Property Crimes |
|
35.0 |
30.9 |
| Violent Crimes |
|
3,604 |
18 |
| % Violent Crimes |
|
12.0 |
9.3 |
| All Others |
|
3,160 |
22 |
| % All Others |
|
11.0 |
11.3 |
| Source: Louisiana Department of Corrections,
Unpublished Data, 2005. |
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|
| VALID CHILD
ABUSE AND NEGLECT CASES |
|
| July 1, 2003 to June 30,
2004 |
|
|
|
|
United States |
Louisiana |
Vernon |
| Total Valid Child Abuse
& Neglect Cases |
|
13,241 |
316 |
| Rate/ 1,000 population |
12.4 |
10.9 |
20.7 |
|
|
|
|
| Valid Allegations by Type |
Not available for
comparison as reported by state. |
|
|
| #
Neglect |
9,156 |
243 |
| %
Neglect |
69.1 |
76.9 |
| #
Physical |
2,745 |
48 |
| %
Physical |
20.7 |
15.2 |
| #
Sexual |
815 |
7 |
| %
Sexual |
6.2 |
2.2 |
| #
Emotional |
474 |
16 |
| %
Emotional |
3.6 |
5.1 |
| #
Death |
43 |
5 |
| %
Death |
0.3 |
1.6 |
| 1Data for some parishes are reported in multi-parish
aggregates as noted in the column header. |
| Source:
Louisiana Department of Social Services, Office of Community Services,
prepared by Prevent Child Abuse, Louisiana, |
| Valid Child Abuse and Neglect
Allegations by Parish, July 1, 2003 through June 30,
2004", |
|
|
http://www.pcal.org/ |
<key words: Resources, Issues and
Statistics>. |
|
| U.S. Dept. of
Health and Human Services, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Child Maltreatment 2003 |
| http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/general/stats/index.cfm#one |
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| COMMUNITY RISK
& PROTECTIVE FACTORS |
|
| Communities
that Care Survey (CTC) — grades 6, 8, 10 & 12 combined2 |
|
United States |
Louisiana |
Vernon |
| Percent Reporting Risk
Factors |
|
|
|
| 1998 |
|
|
|
| Low Neighborhood Attachment |
Survey not
conducted throughout United States |
43 |
38 |
| Community Disorganization |
44 |
37 |
| Transitions & Mobility |
41 |
46 |
| Laws & Norms Favor Drug Use |
49 |
50 |
| Perceived Availability of Drugs |
40 |
38 |
| Perceived Availability of Handguns |
33 |
38 |
| 2001 |
|
|
| Low Neighborhood Attachment |
43 |
Incomplete data,
2001 survey conducted in grades 6, 8, & 10 only |
| Community Disorganization |
52 |
| Transitions & Mobility |
40 |
| Laws & Norms Favor Drug Use |
47 |
| Perceived Availability of Drugs |
43 |
| Perceived Availability of Handguns |
35 |
| 2002 |
|
|
| Low Neighborhood Attachment |
41 |
46 |
| Community Disorganization |
51 |
52 |
| Transitions & Mobility |
43 |
52 |
| Laws & Norms Favor Drug Use |
42 |
38 |
| Perceived Availability of Drugs |
37 |
35 |
| Perceived Availability of Handguns |
31 |
32 |
| Percent Reporting
Protective Factors |
|
|
|
| 1998 |
Survey not
conducted throughout United States |
|
|
| Opportunities for Prosocial involvement |
43 |
43 |
| Comm. Rewards for Prosocial Involvement |
54 |
54 |
| 2001 |
|
|
| Opportunities for Prosocial involvement |
54 |
Incomplete data |
| Comm. Rewards for Prosocial Involvement |
51 |
| 2002 |
|
|
| Opportunities for Prosocial involvement |
44 |
45 |
| Comm. Rewards for Prosocial Involvement |
52 |
55 |
| 2Unweighted aggregate |
|
|
|
| Source:
DHH, Office for Addictive Disorders, Louisiana Communities That Care Survey,
State and Parish Reports, |
| http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov |
<key
words: Reports>. |
|
| Antisocial
Behavior in the PaStYear |
|
|
| Communities that Care Survey (CTC) — grades
6, 8, 10 & 12 combined3 |
|
United States |
Louisiana |
Vernon |
| Percent Reporting Antisocial
Behavior |
|
|
|
| 1998 |
|
|
|
| Suspended from School |
Survey not
conducted throughout United States |
18 |
13 |
| Drunk or High at School |
12 |
11 |
| Sold Illegal Drugs |
6 |
5 |
| Stolen
a Vehicle |
3 |
3 |
| Been
Arrested |
7 |
7 |
| Attacked
to Harm |
18 |
16 |
| Carried a Handgun |
6 |
7 |
| Handgun to School |
1 |
1 |
| 2001 |
|
|
| Suspended from School |
19 |
Incomplete data,
2001 survey conducted in grades 6, 8, & 10 only |
| Drunk or High at School |
12 |
| Sold Illegal Drugs |
5 |
| Stolen
a Vehicle |
3 |
| Been
Arrested |
7 |
| Attacked
to Harm |
17 |
| Carried a Handgun |
6 |
| Handgun to School |
1 |
| 2002 |
|
|
| Suspended from School |
19 |
11 |
| Drunk or High at School |
10 |
8 |
| Sold Illegal Drugs |
4 |
4 |
| Stolen
a Vehicle |
3 |
2 |
| Been
Arrested |
7 |
4 |
| Attacked
to Harm |
14 |
13 |
| Carried a Handgun |
5 |
6 |
| Handgun to School |
1 |
1 |
| 3Unweighted aggregate |
|
|
|
| Source:
DHH, Office for Addictive Disorders, Louisiana Communities That Care Survey,
State and Parish Reports, |
| http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov |
<key
words: Reports>. |
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