Mental	Parish Health Profiles
Health	East Baton Rouge
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POPULATION, 2000
	United States	Louisiana	East Baton Rouge
Total	281,421,906	4,468,976	412,852
17 Years and Younger	72,142,757	1,219,799	108,066
18 and Older	209,279,149	3,249,177	304,786
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census  2000, American FactFinder, Sample File 3 (SF3)  Table P8 - Sex by Age,
http://factfinder.census.gov/, <key words: Data Sets>.
ESTIMATED PREVALENCE OF SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS1
	United States	Louisiana	East Baton Rouge
Estimated Population with a Severe Mental Illness	12,561,943	194,261	17,650
17 Years and Younger (9%)	6,492,848	109,782	9,726
18 and Older (2.9%)	6,069,095	84,479	7,924
1Estimates based on U. S. Census 2000 population using national prevalence estimates of 9% for children 17 years
and younger and 2.9% for persons 18 years and older.
Source: Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Mental Health.
SUICIDE ATTEMPTS and SELF-INFLICTED INJURIES
1998-2001 (ages 10 years and up)
	United States2	Louisiana	East Baton Rouge
Total Suicide Attempts and Self-Inflicted Injuries	2,993,000	5,845	392
rate per 100,000 population	265.9	38.2	28.1
	United States	Louisiana	Region 2
Total Suicide Attempts and Self-Inflicted Injuries       (by DHH Administrative Region)	2,993,000	5,845	625
rate per 100,000 population	265.9	38.2	30.6
By Age Group
# 10-19 years			134
%10-19			21.4
# 20-29 years			161
% 20-29			25.8
# 30-39 years			149
% 30-39			23.8
# 40-49 years			112
% 40-49			17.9
# 50-59 years			47
% 50-59			7.5
#  60 years and older			<30
% 60 years and older			**
By Sex			0
# Male			225
% Male			36.0
# Female			400
% Female			64.0
** Not calculated if number less than 30
2 Attempts are estimates; no official U.S. national attempt data are compiled. Rate based on 2000 Census.
Source:  Louisiana Hospital Inpatient Discharge Database 1998-2001, Prepared by: DHH/OPH, Center for Community Health,
EMS/Injury Research & Prevention Program,  Aug 2004.
American Association of Suicidology, using 25:1 ratio,  25 attempts for every death by suicide for nation.
http://www.suicidology.org/, <key words: AAS Sucicide Fact Sheets, 2002 Offical Final Data>.