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Counties with the highest child mortality rates in Louisiana

Among 56 Louisiana counties with published values, the counties with the highest child mortality rates are West Feliciana Parish, LA (137.5, 2.3 times the U.S. county median of 59.8), Webster Parish, LA (134.8, 2.25 times the U.S. county median of 59.8) and Winn Parish, LA (130, 2.17 times the U.S. county median of 59.8). Values are deaths under 18 per 100,000.

Source: County Health Rankings, built from CDC National Vital Statistics System death records. These are county-level figures, compared with the U.S. county median. A high rate does not prove an environmental cause: age, smoking, income, access to care, screening and chance all move county rates, and small counties swing widely.

All Louisiana counties, highest first

Child mortality, deaths under 18 per 100,000.

Counties with the highest child mortality rates in Louisiana
RankCountyStateValueU.S. county medianTimes reference
1West Feliciana ParishLA137.559.82.3x
2Webster ParishLA134.859.82.25x
3Winn ParishLA13059.82.17x
4Bienville ParishLA126.759.82.12x
5Jackson ParishLA12059.82.01x
6Caddo ParishLA116.959.81.95x
7Ouachita ParishLA11059.81.84x
8St. Helena ParishLA106.359.81.78x
9Morehouse ParishLA105.859.81.77x
10Madison ParishLA103.659.81.73x
11St. Landry ParishLA102.959.81.72x
12Washington ParishLA101.959.81.7x
13Natchitoches ParishLA101.159.81.69x
14East Feliciana ParishLA100.859.81.69x
15Sabine ParishLA99.459.81.66x
16Orleans ParishLA98.159.81.64x
17Claiborne ParishLA94.959.81.59x
18Iberia ParishLA94.459.81.58x
19West Baton Rouge ParishLA93.859.81.57x
20Avoyelles ParishLA86.259.81.44x
21East Baton Rouge ParishLA85.459.81.43x
22Acadia ParishLA84.359.81.41x
23St. Mary ParishLA83.659.81.4x
24Evangeline ParishLA83.559.81.4x
25Rapides ParishLA83.559.81.4x
26Iberville ParishLA83.159.81.39x
27Richland ParishLA83.159.81.39x
28Assumption ParishLA82.959.81.39x
29St. James ParishLA80.959.81.35x
30Tangipahoa ParishLA78.759.81.32x
31Concordia ParishLA77.959.81.3x
32Calcasieu ParishLA74.859.81.25x
33Pointe Coupee ParishLA71.359.81.19x
34Vernon ParishLA71.159.81.19x
35Lafourche ParishLA70.959.81.19x
36De Soto ParishLA70.859.81.18x
37St. Bernard ParishLA69.659.81.16x
38Jefferson ParishLA68.659.81.15x
39Lafayette ParishLA67.759.81.13x
40Terrebonne ParishLA6759.81.12x
41Jefferson Davis ParishLA65.659.81.1x
42St. John the Baptist ParishLA65.359.81.09x
43St. Charles ParishLA65.159.81.09x
44Bossier ParishLA62.459.81.04x
45Ascension ParishLA61.759.81.03x
46Allen ParishLA60.159.81.01x
47Grant ParishLA59.759.81x
48Livingston ParishLA59.559.80.99x
49Plaquemines ParishLA59.259.80.99x
50Union ParishLA59.159.80.99x
51St. Martin ParishLA57.259.80.96x
52Lincoln ParishLA56.959.80.95x
53Beauregard ParishLA4759.80.79x
54Franklin ParishLA46.759.80.78x
55St. Tammany ParishLA46.659.80.78x
56Vermilion ParishLA45.659.80.76x

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