County health data
Health data for Louisiana parishes
CDC PLACES estimates for 64 parishes in Louisiana. Statewide, 16.1% of adults have diagnosed diabetes (CDC BRFSS). The highest parish rate is Tensas Parish at 25.1%. HRSA lists a shortage area designation in 61 of 64.
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Parishes in Louisiana
- Acadia Parishdiabetes 16.5%, 3 shortage areas, 2 hospitals
- Allen Parishdiabetes 15.3%, 3 shortage areas, 2 hospitals
- Ascension Parishdiabetes 12.2%, 2 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Assumption Parishdiabetes 16.7%, 3 shortage areas
- Avoyelles Parishdiabetes 17.7%, 3 shortage areas, 2 hospitals
- Beauregard Parishdiabetes 13.4%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Bienville Parishdiabetes 22.1%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Bossier Parishdiabetes 13.2%, 3 shortage areas
- Caddo Parishdiabetes 17.2%, 3 shortage areas, 7 hospitals
- Calcasieu Parishdiabetes 14.2%, 5 shortage areas, 5 hospitals
- Caldwell Parishdiabetes 16.7%, 3 shortage areas, 2 hospitals
- Cameron Parishdiabetes 13.3%, 3 shortage areas
- Catahoula Parishdiabetes 17.7%, 3 shortage areas
- Claiborne Parishdiabetes 22.8%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Concordia Parishdiabetes 19.8%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- De Soto Parishdiabetes 17.8%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- East Baton Rouge Parishdiabetes 13.9%, 4 shortage areas, 8 hospitals
- East Carroll Parishdiabetes 22.0%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- East Feliciana Parishdiabetes 16.1%, 2 shortage areas
- Evangeline Parishdiabetes 16.8%, 3 shortage areas, 2 hospitals
- Franklin Parishdiabetes 18.4%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Grant Parishdiabetes 13.7%, 3 shortage areas
- Iberia Parishdiabetes 17.1%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Iberville Parishdiabetes 16.5%, 3 shortage areas
- Jackson Parishdiabetes 17.7%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Jefferson Davis Parishdiabetes 14.8%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Jefferson Parishdiabetes 16.2%, 6 shortage areas, 5 hospitals
- Lafayette Parishdiabetes 13.0%, 3 shortage areas, 5 hospitals
- Lafourche Parishdiabetes 14.7%, 3 shortage areas, 3 hospitals
- LaSalle Parishdiabetes 13.1%, 3 shortage areas, 2 hospitals
- Lincoln Parishdiabetes 13.5%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Livingston Parishdiabetes 12.7%, 2 shortage areas
- Madison Parishdiabetes 22.6%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Morehouse Parishdiabetes 20.3%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Natchitoches Parishdiabetes 15.5%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Orleans Parishdiabetes 16.2%, 3 shortage areas, 5 hospitals
- Ouachita Parishdiabetes 15.4%, 3 shortage areas, 4 hospitals
- Plaquemines Parishdiabetes 13.8%, 1 shortage area
- Pointe Coupee Parishdiabetes 17.1%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Rapides Parishdiabetes 15.6%, 3 shortage areas, 5 hospitals
- Red River Parishdiabetes 19.8%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Richland Parishdiabetes 17.7%, 3 shortage areas, 2 hospitals
- Sabine Parishdiabetes 17.9%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- St. Bernard Parishdiabetes 15.3%, 2 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- St. Charles Parishdiabetes 13.2%, 1 hospital
- St. Helena Parishdiabetes 19.8%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- St. James Parishdiabetes 16.5%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- St. John the Baptist Parishdiabetes 17.2%, 3 shortage areas
- St. Landry Parishdiabetes 18.2%, 3 shortage areas, 2 hospitals
- St. Martin Parishdiabetes 15.5%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- St. Mary Parishdiabetes 18.1%, 3 shortage areas, 2 hospitals
- St. Tammany Parishdiabetes 13.3%, 5 hospitals
- Tangipahoa Parishdiabetes 14.6%, 3 shortage areas, 4 hospitals
- Tensas Parishdiabetes 25.1%, 3 shortage areas
- Terrebonne Parishdiabetes 15.2%, 2 shortage areas, 3 hospitals
- Union Parishdiabetes 18.4%, 3 shortage areas, 2 hospitals
- Vermilion Parishdiabetes 15.0%, 3 shortage areas, 2 hospitals
- Vernon Parishdiabetes 12.5%, 3 shortage areas, 2 hospitals
- Washington Parishdiabetes 17.8%, 3 shortage areas, 2 hospitals
- Webster Parishdiabetes 19.5%, 3 shortage areas, 2 hospitals
- West Baton Rouge Parishdiabetes 14.0%
- West Carroll Parishdiabetes 16.5%, 2 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- West Feliciana Parishdiabetes 14.6%, 1 shortage area, 1 hospital
- Winn Parishdiabetes 17.1%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
Source: CDC PLACES county data, as of December 4, 2025. Publisher page
Source: CDC BRFSS prevalence data, as of September 15, 2026. Publisher page
Source: HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas, as of October 14, 2026. Publisher page
Louisiana rural health plan
Louisiana Rural Health Transformation Program
Goal: Improve prevention and chronic disease management
Initiatives, as LDH lists them:
- Food is Medicine
- Regional care conveners and navigation networks
- Telehealth infrastructure
- Remote monitoring devices
- Rural Tech Catalyst Fund
Source: Louisiana Department of Health, Rural Health Transformation Program, as of October 20, 2026. Publisher page
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About this data
County rates are CDC PLACES model-based estimates of adults, built from the CDC BRFSS survey and Census population data. State and US figures are BRFSS survey results for the same year. They are not averages of counties, and small differences may not be meaningful.
Shortage rows are HRSA designations with status Designated. Scores run from 0 to 25 (0 to 26 for dental); a higher score means greater need. Hospitals are acute care and critical access hospitals CMS lists in the county, with 30-day rates of unplanned readmission. Health centers are active HRSA-funded and look-alike sites.
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Source: CDC PLACES county data, as of December 4, 2025. Publisher page
Source: CDC BRFSS prevalence data, as of September 15, 2026. Publisher page
Source: HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas, as of October 14, 2026. Publisher page