Table 1. Demographic Characteristics of New Orleans Planning Districts (n = 13) With Patients Hospitalized for Substance Abuse Disorders, 2004 and 2008.

Planning District	Number of Substance Abuse Disorders		Population		Average Age		Average Percentage White		Average Percentage Living in Povertya		Substance Abuse Disorders, Rate Per 1,000 Population
	2004	2008	2004	2008	2004	2008	2004	2008	2004	2008	2004	2008
Algiers	71	61	50,022	48,222	38	36	30.3	21	34.7	31.1	0.6	0.6
Bywater	81	81	33,738	22,375	36	40	18.6	12.9	34.1	33.7	1	1.8
Garden District	90	105	30,800	32,636	42	43	31.6	20.6	43.4	44.6	1.3	1.6
French Quarter/ Central Business District	49	34	15,873	8,269	40	40	69	74.3	72.5	71.4	1.3	2.1
Gentilly	47	34	23,620	8,896	39	38	14.2	15.2	35.5	36.2	1	1.9
Lakeview	36	16	16,893	5,281	43	37	67.1	80.5	46.6	43.2	1.1	1.5
Lower 9th Ward	34	14	13,250	1,209	38	42	4	1.5	36.7	32.7	1.2	5.8
Mid-City	150	127	100,140	37,006	38	41	12.6	14	34.1	39	0.7	1.7
New Aurora/English Turn	5	10	6,230	10,076	33	37	23.5	4.6	28.1	23.3	0.4	0.5
New Orleans East	83	44	100,850	33,666	38	39	2.6	3.7	33.4	33	0.4	0.7
Uptown	96	86	36,750	27,533	38	39	46	34.7	38.1	38.5	1.3	1.6
Venetian Isles	2	0	1,822	0	24	0	43.6	0	50.1	0	0.5	0
Village De L’Est	3	1	7,201	483	39	34	1.8	0	38.5	50.9	0.2	1
No address provided	41	—	50,022	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	788	613	487,211	235,652	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Abbreviation: —, not applicable.

^a Number of residents with annual income below the federal poverty level.