What are the 4 factors of health?

Included here are four types of health factors: health behaviors, clinical care, social and economic, and physical environment factors. Health behaviors include actions, practices, or habits that have an impact on health.

ldh.la.gov - Health Factors | La Dept. of Health

What country has the most beautiful females?

Sweden. The stunning Scandinavian nation of Sweden is known for surreal forests, coastal islands, glittering lakes and glacial mountains. It is...

Last updated May 16, 2020

Which vitamin keeps hair black?

Melanin deficiency is associated with vitamin deficiency. That's why you need to increase your vitamin intake through your food or vitamin...

Last updated Feb 24, 2018

Promotion

Health risk factors are attributes, characteristics or exposures that increase the likelihood of a person for developing a disease or health disorder. Included here are four types of health factors: health behaviors, clinical care, social and economic, and physical environment factors. Health behaviors include actions, practices, or habits that have an impact on health. Health risk behaviors including lack of physical activity, poor nutrition, tobacco use, and excessive alcohol consumption—are considered contributors in some way to illness and death from chronic disease. Seven out of 10 deaths among Americans each year are from chronic diseases. Heart disease, cancer, and stroke account for more than 50% of all deaths each year. A new CDC report finds that people can live longer if they practice one or more healthy lifestyle behaviors— not smoking, eating a healthy diet, getting regular physical activity, and limiting alcohol consumption. Not smoking provides the most protection from dying early from all causes. People who engaged in all four healthy behaviors were 66 percent less likely to die early from cancer, 65 percent less likely to die early from cardiovascular disease, and 57 percent less likely to die early from other causes, compared to people who did not engage in any of the healthy behaviors.

To explore health factors data, click here.

Tracking Health Factors in Louisiana

The Health Data Explorer contains information on the following measures:

Access to grocery stores and/or produce, farmer’s markets

% with access to healthy foods -the percentage of the population who are low income and do not live close to a grocery store. Living close to a grocery store is defined differently in rural and non-rural areas; in rural areas, it means living less than 10 miles from a grocery store; in non-rural areas, less than 1 mile. Low income is defined as having an annual family income of less than or equal to 200 percent of the federal poverty threshold for the family size.

Clinical Care

Access to Health Care

Uninsured percentage of the population younger than age 65 without health insurance.

Quality of Care

Diabetic monitoring - the percentage of diabetic fee-for-service Medicare patients ages 65-75 whose blood sugar control was monitored in the past year using a test of their glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels. Mammography Screening - the percentage of female fee-for-service Medicare enrollees age 67-69 that had at least one mammogram over a two-year period.

Diet and Exercise

Alcohol Use

% reporting excessive drinking - the percentage of adults that report either binge drinking, defined as consuming more than 4 (women) or 5 (men) alcoholic beverages on a single occasion in the past 30 days, or heavy drinking, defined as drinking more than one (women) or 2 (men) drinks per day on average.

Physical Inactivity

What is the fattest country?

Nauru 26, 2020. Vietnam is the least obese country with 2.1% of the population classified as obese. Among OECD countries, the United States is the...

Last updated Apr 4, 2020

What are 5 signs of danger in a relationship?

All the same, you could notice some of these signs in yourself, your partner, or the relationship itself. Lack of support. ... Toxic communication....

Last updated Sep 10, 2022

Promotion

Physical Inactivity is the age-adjusted percentage of adults 20 years and over reporting no leisure-time physical activity. Examples of physical activities provided include running, calisthenics, golf, gardening, or walking for exercise.

Tobacco Use

Health Behaviors

Access to Health Care

Could not see a Doctor due to cost

Sexual Activity

Sexually Transmitted Infections

STIs-Chlamydia Rate

Teen Births

Tobacco Use

Health Outcomes

HIV Prevalence

Homicide

Homicides are the number of deaths from assaults, defined as ICD-10 codes X85-Y09, per 100,000 population.

Social and Economic Factors

Community Safety

Injury Deaths - the number of deaths from intentional and unintentional injuries per 100,000 population. Deaths included are those with an underlying cause of injury.

Education

High School Graduation - the percentage of the ninth-grade cohort in public schools that graduates from high school in four years.

Employment

Unemployment - the percentage of the civilian labor force, age 16 and older, that is unemployed but seeking work.

Food Insecurity

Food Insecurity is the percentage of the population who did not have access to a reliable source of food during the past year. This measure was modeled using information from the Community Population Survey, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and American Community Survey.

Housing

Severe Housing Problems - the percentage of households with at least 1 or more of the following housing problems:

1) housing unit lacks complete kitchen facilities;

2) housing unit lacks complete plumbing facilities;

3) household is severely overcrowded; and

4) household is severely cost burdened.

Income

Children in Poverty - the percentage of children under age 18 living in poverty. Poverty status is defined by family; either everyone in the family is in poverty or no one in the family is in poverty. The characteristics of the family used to determine the poverty threshold are: number of people, number of related children under 18, and whether or not the primary householder is over age 65. Family income is then compared to the poverty threshold; if that family's income is below that threshold, the family is in poverty.

Robert Woods Johnson Foundation County Health Rankings & Roadmaps

LDH Bureau of Health Informatics

For more information, please visit the Health Data Explorer or email us at tracking@la.gov.

ldh.la.gov - Health Factors | La Dept. of Health

What is normal blood pressure by age?

A normal blood pressure level is less than 120/80 mmHg. ... Frequently Asked Questions. Age Men Women 18-39 years 119/70 mm Hg 110/68 mm Hg 40-59...

Last updated Mar 24, 2022

Does canned tuna increase testosterone?

Tuna is rich in vitamin D, which has been known to be related to testosterone production and lengthening life. Besides, tuna is also a protein-...

Last updated Jan 17, 2022

Promotion

Which vitamins increase estrogen?

B vitamins B vitamins B vitamins play an important role in the creation and activation of estrogen in the body. Low levels of these vitamins can...

Last updated Sep 4, 2018

Promotion

How much turmeric should I take for brain fog?

How Much Turmeric Should I Take for Brain Health and Memory Support?* Because the side-effect profile is so low, I tell my patients that more is...

Last updated Apr 26, 2022