2018

2018

LOUISIANA HEALTH REPORT CARD

As mandated by R.S. 40: 1260 John Bel Edwards, Governor Rebekah Gee, MD, MPH Secretary, Department of Health Alexander Billioux, MD, D.Phil Assistant Secretary, Office of Public Health Submitted to the Governor and the Legislature, May 2019

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2018 Health Report Card As mandated by R.S. 40:1260

John Bel Edwards Governor

Dr. Rebekah Gee Secretary

Louisiana Department of Health Alexander Billioux, M.D., D. Phil

Assistant Secretary Office of Public Health Prepared by the Bureau of Health Informatics ldh.cphi Submitted to the Governor and the Louisiana Legislature May 2019

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2018 LOUISIANA HEALTH REPORT CARD

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INTRODUCTION

In 1995, the Louisiana legislature passed Act 985, which required that the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) prepare a yearly report card describing the overall health of its citizens and health-related issues. In addition to informing Louisianans on the overall health circumstances in our state, this annual publication is an effective tool for health planning and evaluating the effectiveness of health programs.

The Louisiana Health Report Card is divided into ten chapters:

a) Healthy Louisiana Facts and Figures b) Health Findings of Major Diseases c) Cancer in Louisiana d) Teenage Pregnancy and Birth Rates e) Rates of Low Birthweight Babies f) Suicide and Violent Deaths g) Sexually Transmitted Diseases h) Incidence of Drug Addictions i) Opioid Epidemic j) Infectious Diseases

This report was compiled and written by the Office of Public Health, Bureau of Health Informatics, in collaboration with:

(1) Medicaid Business Analytics Section (2) Louisiana Tumor Registry at LSU (3) LDH Office of Behavioral Health (4) OPH Bureau of Vital Records (5) OPH Section of Infectious Disease Epidemiology (6) OPH Bureau of Infectious Disease, STD/HIV Program

The Data presented in this report were extracted from state and national databases and feature the last complete year of data available at the time of the report. In most cases, the last year of complete data was 2017.

The appendices to this document contain the Vital Records Report for 2017.

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