Table 2.
Descriptive Characteristics of Louisiana Parishes (n=64).
| Total (n=64) | Access to maternity care (n=28) | Limited access to maternity care (n=12) | Maternity care desert (n=24) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Range | Mean (SD) | Range | Mean (SD) | Range | Mean (SD) | Range | |
| Percent of the population with health insurance | 86.3 (3.7) | 73.7–93.4 | 87.4 (1.3) | 85.2–90.0 | 88.0 (1.9) | 84.6–91.5 | 84.2 (5.1) | 20.3–88.3 |
| Percentage of families living below the federal poverty level | 17.0 (5.8) | 7.1–41.8 | 16.2 (4.1) | 8.2–25.1 | 14.4 (3.7) | 9.3–20.4 | 19.3 (7.4) | 7.1–41.8 |
| Parish geographic area (square miles) | 815.0 (444.6) | 203.0–2429.0 | 817.9 (417.7) | 203.0–2080.0 | 761.7 (360.5) | 303.0–1538.0 | 838.4 (521.9) | 258.0–2429.0 |
| Percentage of 2016–2017 births covered by Medicaid | 65.0 (12.8) | 20.3–88.3 | 66.1 (9.5) | 47.1–82.4 | 60.7 (13.9) | 34.7–78.0 | 66.0 (15.5) | 20.3–88.3 |
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |||||
| Urban/Rural | ||||||||
| classification | ||||||||
| Mostly urban | 31 (48.4) | 19 (61.3) | 5 (16.1) | 7 (22.6) | ||||
| Mostly rural | 24 (37.5) | 8 (33.3) | 6 (25.0) | 10 (41.7) | ||||
| Completely rural | 9 (14.1) | 1 (11.1) | 1 (11.1) | 7 (77.8) | ||||