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Child and Family Health in New Orleans
A Life Course Perspective of Child and Family Health at a
Neighborhood Level
December 2013

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Table of Contents
A Message from Dr. Karen DeSalvo, Health Commissioner, City of New Orleans and
Charlotte Parent, Deputy Director, New Orleans Health Department........................................ 4
Acknowledgements.................................................................................................................................................... 5
Introduction................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Background .................................................................................................................................................................................. 6
Methodology ................................................................................................................................................................................ 7
Summary........................................................................................................................................................................................ 8
Limitations.................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Format...........................................................................................................................................................................................10
Section 1: Individual Risk Factors and Protective Factors ...............................................................11
Summary of Sector Area Rankings...............................................................................................................................11
Low Birth Weight....................................................................................................................................................................13
New HIV Positive Cases.......................................................................................................................................................14
Proximity to Primary Care and Behavioral Health Centers ..........................................................................15
Median Income as a Percent of the Federal Poverty Line...............................................................................16
Housing Cost Burden............................................................................................................................................................17
Children Living in Poverty.................................................................................................................................................18
Unemployment.........................................................................................................................................................................19
Not Receiving Food Stamps ..............................................................................................................................................20
Access to Public Transit.......................................................................................................................................................21
Births to Women with Less than a High School Education............................................................................22
Preschool Enrollment ..........................................................................................................................................................23
Childcare Facility Availability..........................................................................................................................................24
Homicide Rate ..........................................................................................................................................................................25
Births to Unmarried Women...........................................................................................................................................26
Teen Births..................................................................................................................................................................................27
Blighted Properties................................................................................................................................................................28
Married Households .............................................................................................................................................................29
Availability of Green Space ...............................................................................................................................................30
Section 2: Neighborhood Snapshots..............................................................................................................31
Section 3: Score Rankings................................................................................................................................. 104
Risk Factor Score Rankings by Quartile.................................................................................................................104
Protective Factor Score Rankings by Quartile....................................................................................................106
Composite Scores Rankings by Quartile ................................................................................................................108
Section 4: Appendices ......................................................................................................................................... 110
Appendix 1: Risk & Protective Factors; Neighborhoods in Alphabetical Order...........................111
Low Birth Weight ....................................................................................................................................................................................111

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New HIV Positive Cases.......................................................................................................................................................................112
Proximity to Healthcare Facilities...................................................................................................................................................113
Median Income as a Percent of the Federal Poverty Line...................................................................................................115
Percent of Population Experiencing Housing Cost Burden................................................................................................116
Percent of Children in Poverty..........................................................................................................................................................117
Unemployment Rate..............................................................................................................................................................................118
Percent of Families Not Receiving Food Stamps who Live below the Federal Poverty Line..............................119
Access to Public Transit .......................................................................................................................................................................120
Percent of Mothers with Less than a High School Diploma...............................................................................................121
Percent of Children 3-4 Years Old Enrolled in Preschool ...................................................................................................122
Number of Childcare Facilities per 100 Children under Age Five and under............................................................123
Homicide Rate per 1000 People ......................................................................................................................................................124
Percent of Births to Unmarried Women......................................................................................................................................125
Teen Birth Rate ........................................................................................................................................................................................126
Blighted Properties.................................................................................................................................................................................127
Married Households with Children under 18 Years...............................................................................................................128
Acres of Green Space per 1000 People .........................................................................................................................................129
Appendix 2: Correlation between Factors............................................................................................................130
Appendix 3: Formulas and Data Sources for Measuring Indicators....................................................132
Appendix 4: GNOCDC Map of Neighborhood Boundaries...........................................................................135
Appendix 5: Census Tracts for New Orleans Neighborhoods....................................................................136
Appendix 6: Venn Diagram Comparing Identified Concerns for New Orleanians......................137
Appendix 7: Number of Children 5 Years and Under in Each Neighborhood..................................138
Appendix 8: Summary of Quartile Rankings......................................................................................................141
Appendix 9: Possible Future Indictors...................................................................................................................145
Citations ...................................................................................................................................................................... 146

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A Message from Dr. Karen DeSalvo, Health Commissioner, City of New Orleans and
Charlotte Parent, Deputy Director, New Orleans Health Department
In keeping with the City of New Orleans and New Orleans Health Department’s mission of improving child health
and wellbeing, we are pleased to present Child and Family Health in New Orleans, a report which will allow our
community to better understand child and family wellbeing at a neighborhood level in New Orleans. Earlier this
year, our department convened the Children and Families Coalition in effort to improve child and family wellbeing
in New Orleans through data-driven decision making and policy development. This report is in response to the
Children and Families Coalition’s request for neighborhood-level data to describe child and family wellbeing in
each of New Orleans’ distinct 72 neighborhoods.
In 2013, the Kids Count Data Center ranked Louisiana 46th out of 50 states for child wellbeing. Similarly, in 2012,
America’s Health Rankings ranked Louisiana 49th for each of the following: children in poverty, infant mortality,
and low birth weight. According to Early Childhood Risk and Reach in Louisiana, Orleans Parish is ranked 49th out of
64 parishes in terms of the level of risk young children experience. Not only are these poor health rankings true at
the state and parish levels, but they are also true at a neighborhood level. The reality in New Orleans is that health
outcomes, particularly for children, vary significantly amongst neighborhoods. Each neighborhood has its
individual set of risk factors and protective factors that either impede or support a child’s wellbeing.
The City of New Orleans and our partnering agencies are committed to enabling local stakeholders to better
promote, strengthen, expand, develop, and implement appropriate services, programs and projects for families in
appropriate neighborhoods. In doing so, we can ensure that every child may achieve his or her full potential. We
owe this to our children.
Sincerely,
Karen B. DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc Charlotte Parent, RN, MHCM
Health Commissioner Deputy Director
City of New Orleans New Orleans Health Department

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Acknowledgements
The New Orleans Health Department and Healthy Start New Orleans lead the effort to develop this report.
However, the report is the result of input and support from many individuals and organizations.
Members of the Children and Families Coalition verbalized the need for this report and made suggestions as to
what indicators should be used to measure family wellness. Members of the Coalition are:
Michelle Alletto, Deputy Director, Louisiana Birth Outcomes
Initiative
Todd Battiste, Vice President—Children and Families, United Way
for Greater New Orleans
Connie Bellone, Director of Health and Wellness, Early Childhood
& Learning Foundation
Caroline Brazeel, Program Coordinator, Birth Outcomes Initiative
Dr. Marsha Broussard, Director, School Health Initiatives, LPHI
Thelma French, President, Total Community Action, Inc.
Lisa Frught Pellerin, Systems Director of Women’s Services,
Ochsner Medical Center
Julie Hagan, Director, City of New Orleans WIC
Barbara Leblanc, Director, Parenting Center, Children’s Hospital
Pamela Matthews, Registered Nurse, LSU Health Sciences Center
Dr. Flint Mitchell, Program Officer, Greater New Orleans
Foundation
Tracy Georges, CDC Public Health Associate, New Orleans Health
Department
Stephenie Marshall, Director of Nutrition Services, Daughters of
Charity Services of New Orleans
Ronald McClain, President & CEO, Family Service of Greater New
Orleans
Dr. Geoffrey Nagle, Associate Professor of Psychiatry &
Behavioral Health, Tulane University School of Medicine
Charlotte Parent, Deputy Director, New Orleans Health
Department
Gregory Rattler, Director, New Orleans Fatherhood Consortium
Christy Ross, Executive Director, AAAneurysm Outreach
Dr. Katherine Theall, Associate Professor and Director, Mary
Amelia Douglas Whited Community Women’s Health Education
Center
Frieda von Qualen, CDC Public Health Associate, New Orleans
Health Department
Kim Williams, Director, Healthy Start New Orleans
Danielle Wright, Program Manager, Institute of Women and
Ethnic Studies
Amy Zapata, Director, LA DHH and Hospitals Family Bureau
The Early Childhood Risk and Reach in Louisiana, Fall 2012 report developed by LSU/Tulane Early Childhood Policy
and Data Center sparked the idea for Children and Families Health in New Orleans and served as the general
template for developing this report.
Ben Horwitz, Operations and Data Manager and Dr. Vicki Mack, Senior Research Fellow at the Greater New Orleans
Community Data Center provided input and tips on what types of measures are accurate measures for
neighborhood-level analysis and how to measure different types of indicators through available resources.
Data compiled by the Greater New Orleans Community Data Center and Louisiana Public Health Institute through
their Healthy NOLA Neighborhoods website served as foundation to several indicators in this report.
Alexa Erck, Program Coordinator, Mortality Surveillance Systems, LPHI shared and explained her research on
Perinatal Periods of Risk in Louisiana, which further substantiates the Life Course approach of this report.
Melissa Brown, Data Linkage Epidemiologist, Family Bureau of Health, LA Office of Public Health pulled census-
tract-level data from 2011-2012 birth records.
Jamie Arkin, MPH Candidate 2014 at Tulane University assisted with the bulk of the research and compilation of
data for this report. MPH Candidates and Healthy Start interns Gloria Grady, Kelly Naismith, Meghan Ballard, and
Ryan Lirette assisted with compiling the final data for this report.

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Introduction
Background
In February 2013, the New Orleans Health Department and Healthy Start New Orleans invited leaders from 18
local and state agencies that work with New Orleans families to join the newly developed Children and Families
Coalition under the direction of New Orleans Health Department Deputy Director, Charlotte Parent. The aim of this
coalition is to determine if there are gaps in services available to New Orleans families and how to address those
gaps employing the Life Course Perspective. The Life Course Perspective posits that an individual’s health is
dependent on his/her health, psychological, economic, education, social, and community environments from the
point of conception through the grave. Each event or environment a person experiences at any stage from the
point of conception forward is connected to and can affect the next stage of life—either positively or negatively.
This perspective emphasizes that risk factors undermine an individual’s ability to achieve and maintain optimal
immediate and future health, while protective factors support an individual’s health and can help diminish the
effects of risk factors. Thus, for a person or a community to experience optimal health, s/he/it must reduce risk
factors and enhance protective factors across the health, psychological, economic, education, social and community
sectors.i
Another segment of the first Children and Families Coalition meeting was dedicated to showing how community
members’ perceptions of the risks most affecting their lives are different from the risks the Coalition members
identified as the most pressing.1 This presentation sparked dialogue regarding how we, as service providers, have
to provide or facilitate services that may extend beyond our sector area to truly promote children and family
wellbeing. In order to provide or facilitate these services, agencies must be familiar with dominant risk and
protective factors at a neighborhood level. These risk and protective factors must be plotted and understood
throughout the life course, starting before conception of a child.
The necessity to understand the dominant risk factors that are present at a neighborhood or family level before a
child is born to improve child wellbeing is further substantiated by the Perinatal Periods of Risk assessment
completed by Louisiana Vital Records and Health Statistics. The assessment analyzes all births and infant deaths
from 2006-2010 and shows that the excess mortality rate for feto-infant mortality was 3.7 per 1,000 live births. Of
those 3.7 excess deaths, 2.9 of them (78 percent) were attributed to poor maternal health and/or prematurity.
CityMatCH (who originally developed the idea for Perinatal Periods of Risk) suggests improving preconception and
prenatal health and promoting and supporting holistic healthy lifestyles in families and neighborhoods as the best
methods to improve maternal health and prematurity, and thus reduce the rate of infant mortality.ii
The Children and Families Coalition members are in agreement that there are a variety of risk and protective
factors that affect the wellbeing of a child. They also recognized the lack of data for risk and protective factors at a
neighborhood level. For this reason, the New Orleans Health Department and Healthy Start New Orleans
developed this report. This report takes into account input from community members about the risks they are
experiencing and input from the Children and Families Coalition and pairs it with studies such as Perinatal Periods
of Risk, Life Course Indicators developed by the Association for Maternal and Child Health Programs, and Early
Childhood Risk and Reach in Louisiana to develop a database of New Orleans-specific neighborhood-level life course
indicators most indicative of children’s level of wellbeing.
1 A Venn diagram depicting these differences can be found in Appendix 6

The risk and protective factors outlined in this report include data regarding mothers’ and families’ wellbeing as
ways to indicate the child’s wellbeing and likelihood to have the best chance at life. The report includes a
neighborhood comparison of 12 risk factors and six protective factors as methods to indicate the wellbeing of a
family and/or a young child in the neighborhood. These 18 indicators span across the health, economic, education,
social and community domains. Child and Family Health in New Orleans incorporates risk factors defined by
LSU/Tulane Early Childhood Policy and Data Center, Life Course Indicators identified by the Association for
Maternal and Child Health Programs, indicators used by the Kids Count Data Center, along with additional Children
and Families Coalition-designated risk and protective factors available on a census tract level so that the data can
be translated into neighborhood-level data.
Methodology
The methodology and layout of this report is based on the Early Childhood Risk and Reach in Louisiana report
developed by LSU/Tulane Early Childhood Policy and Data Center in the Fall of 2012, which compares the risk
factors children are experiencing on a parish level. Child and Family Health in New Orleans contains data for 18
risk and protective factors from health, education, economic, community, and social sectors that help describe the
anticipated wellbeing of children five years and under in each New Orleans neighborhood. Table 1 lists the risk
and protective factors measured in this report.
Table 1: Risk and Protective Factors Measured
Health Factors Economic Factors Education Factors Social/Community
Factors
RiskFactors
Low Birth Weight Median Income as a Percent
of the Federal Poverty Line
Mothers with Less than a
High School Diploma
Homicide Rate
New HIV+ Cases Housing Cost Burden Births to Unmarried
Women
Children in Poverty Teen Births
Unemployment Blighted Properties
Not Receiving Food Stamps
and Below the Federal
Poverty Line
Protective
Factors
Proximity to Healthcare
Services
Access to Public Transit Preschool Enrollment Households with Married
Couples
Access to Childcare Facilities Access to Green Space
For each indicator, all New Orleans neighborhood boundaries with available data are broken into quartiles
according to how the neighborhood compares to other neighborhoods in the city. For risk factors, the quartiles are
as follows: high risk (4th quartile), moderate-high risk (3rd quartile), low-moderate risk (2nd quartile), and low risk
(1st quartile). Neighborhood protective factors are compared in the same way but with the following categories: no
protective factor, low protective factor (4th quartile), moderate-low protective factor (3rd quartile), high-moderate
protective factor (2nd quartile), and high protective factor (1st quartile). Additionally, an average quartile score of
all risk factors is calculated, as is an average score for all protective factors in each neighborhood. To create a
composite score for each neighborhood, the risk score is subtracted from the protective score. Based on the
composite score, each neighborhood is placed into one of four risk categories: high risk, moderate-high risk, low-

moderate risk, or low risk.
This report defines New Orleans neighborhoods in accordance with healthynola.org and the Greater New Orleans
Community Data Center (GNOCDC).2 Many of the indicators are available at a census tract level and census tracts
can be combined to be made into neighborhood-level data. This report uses the neighborhood census tracts based
off the 2010 U.S. Census3.
Summary
The goal of Child and Family Health in New Orleans is to provide information about risk and protective factors
affecting child wellbeing to local project developers and grant applicants so that appropriate resources can be
administered to the appropriate neighborhoods. This informed distribution of resources aims to nurture the
protection, promotion, and improvement in health of all children so they can achieve their full potential. According
to the 2010 U.S. Census, there are approximately 26,131 children aged five years and living in 72 neighborhoods in
Orleans Parish. This report finds that when all New Orleans neighborhoods are compared to each other, using the
previously described 18 cross-sectoral measures, 36 neighborhoods are in a moderate-high or high risk category.
This suggests that these particular neighborhoods may require a higher level of services and/or be in need of
interventions to create a safer and more supportive environment to ensure that children can reach their full
potential. These 36 higher risk neighborhoods account for approximately 54 percent of the children in New
Orleans ages five years and under. Table 2 breaks down how many neighborhoods and what percentage of New
Orleans children five years and under fall into each risk category.
Table 2: Children 5 Years and Under in Each Risk Category
Risk Category # Neighborhoods in Risk
Category
% of New Orleans Children
5 yrs. & under in Risk
Category
# of New Orleans Children
5 yrs. & under in Risk
Category
Low Risk/Highest Protection 18 15.0 3,855
Low Risk/Moderate
Protection
18 30.6 7,883
Moderate-High Risk 18 30.9 7,967
High Risk 18 23.5 6,054
While this report highlights 36 neighborhoods as being higher risk environments for young children, it is
important to note that this report also found that nearly every neighborhood has a high level of risk in at least one
topic when compared to other neighborhoods. Only eighteen neighborhoods are not calculated to have a high risk
level in any category. Those eighteen neighborhoods are: Algiers Point, Audubon, Broadmoor, City Park, Dillard,
East Riverside, Freret, Garden District, Irish Channel, Lakewood, Lower Garden District, Marlyville, Navarre, New
Aurora, Old Aurora, Touro, West Riverside, and Whitney. At the other end of the spectrum, there are 21
neighborhoods that did not receive a low risk rating for any single risk factor. Those 21 neighborhoods are: Read
Boulevard West, Behrman, Pines Village, West Lake Forest, Fairgrounds, Milan, St. Bernard, St. Claude, St. Roch, 7th
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A GNOCDC map outlining the boundaries of all New Orleans neighborhoods is available in Appendix 4
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The list of census tracts used for each neighborhood is available in Appendix 5
Table 2 uses 2010 U.S. Census data to compare the number of children 5 years olds and under in each neighborhood to the total number of
children 5 years old and under in Orleans Parish.

Ward, Hollygrove, Holy Cross, St. Anthony, Desire Area/Development, Mid-City, Central City, Little Woods,
Leonidas, Plum Orchard, Gert Town, and Tulane-Gravier. While all neighborhoods have some form of protective
factor, 20 neighborhoods do not have any indicators that fall into the highest protective category.
In addition to defining high risk neighborhoods, compiling data sets for each indicator also allowed for exploring
potential correlations between indicators. Some of the strongest correlations are found in combination with the
percentage of mothers who gave birth in 2011-2012 who are unmarried. The correlations suggest that unmarried
mothers are at higher risk of low birth weight babies, having children in poverty, and not having a high school
diploma. Similarly, unmarried mothers are more likely to have a low median household income. A chart with all
correlation coefficients for all indicators can be found in Appendix 2.
These statistics are not designed to be conclusive; rather, they are designed to guide agencies as they develop and
implement projects and services. This report is in its first edition; at this point, it is designed to grow and evolve as
professionals gather more information about what indicators best describe and predict the wellbeing of a child
over the life course and the best method to measure those indicators. A list of indicators agencies have expressed
interest in measuring but are not included in this report can be found in Appendix 9. In future editions of this
document, New Orleans Health Department and Healthy Start New Orleans would like to supplement the data sets
and rankings with suggested policy and intervention methods to propel legislation and policies that will protect,
promote, and improve the health of children and families in New Orleans.
Limitations
The data for risk factors and protective factors are pulled from a variety of sources. However, a large portion of the
data is collected from the American Community Survey (ACS) at a census tract level, and the census tracts are
combined to provide neighborhood-level data. ACS provides census-tract level data on a five year basis; thus New
Orleans neighborhood-level data can only be tabulated every five years. Due to the lapse in time between
reporting periods, this report is meant to serve more as an informative baseline guide for agencies and can serve as
a medium-term or long-term mechanism for monitoring changes in neighborhood health and wellbeing.
Additionally, there are sometimes large margins of error in ACS data at the census tract level. Because of this,
comparisons and conclusions should be made with caution, as perceived differences may not be as substantial
when margins of error are considered.
The team developing the report is still defining the best ways to measure child and family wellness in a
neighborhood with measurements that are available at such a small scale. This report serves as the preliminary set
of measures of what is hoped to become an ongoing, consistent and reliable set of indicators that accurately
portray children’s health at a neighborhood level. Appendix 9 outlines ideas for future indicators to measure at a
neighborhood level if the information becomes available.

Format
SECTION 1
This section begins with a summary of the findings of each of the sector area rankings. Following the summary,
each page defines a risk or protective factor and describes why the factor was selected and where the data was
found. Each risk or protective factor divides New Orleans neighborhoods into quartiles. The fourth quartile always
represents the highest risk or the lowest level of protection. It is important to note that the neighborhoods are
only being compared to other New Orleans neighborhoods with available data. To gauge how neighborhood rates
compare to parish, state and national rates, you can view the parish, state and national rates in the “Points of
Comparison” table for each indicator when data is available.
SECTION 2
The second part of the report provides neighborhood snapshots of each neighborhood, outlining each
neighborhood’s rates and rankings for each risk and protective factor. The top right corner of the snapshot
displays the neighborhood’s average quartile ranking for all protective factors—the protective score—and an
average quartile ranking for all risk factors, which is called the risk score. The composite score is the difference of
subtracting the risk score from the protective score. These snapshots also include basic demographic data and a
map of the neighborhood boundaries. The neighborhoods are listed in alphabetical order.
SECTION 3
This section ranks each neighborhood according to its protective score, its risk score, and its composite score. The
neighborhoods are then divided into overall quartiles of risk and protection according to these scores.
SECTION 4
The fourth part of the report is a series of appendices that include the following:
Appendix 1: Risk and Protective Factors with Neighborhoods in Alphabetical Order
Appendix 2: Correlation between Factors
Appendix 3: Formulas and Data Sources for Measuring Indicators
Appendix 4: GNOCDC Map of Neighborhood Boundaries
Appendix 5: Census Tracts for New Orleans Neighborhoods
Appendix 6: Venn Diagram Comparing Identified Concerns for New Orleanians
Appendix 7: Number of Children 5 Years and under in Each Neighborhood
Appendix 8: Summary of Quartile Rankings
Appendix 9: Possible Future Indicators

Section 1: Individual Risk Factors and Protective Factors
This section begins with a summary of the findings of each of the sector area rankings. Following the summary,
each page defines a risk or protective factor and describes why the factor was selected and where the data was
found. Each risk or protective factor divides New Orleans neighborhoods into quartiles. The fourth quartile always
represents the highest risk or the lowest level of protection. It is important to note that the neighborhoods are
only being compared to other New Orleans neighborhoods with available data. To gauge how neighborhood rates
compare to parish, state and national rates, you can view the parish, state and national rates in the “Points of
Comparison” table for each indicator when data is available.
Summary of Sector Area Rankings
HEALTH RISK
Percent low birth weight and the number of new HIV positive cases make up the two risk factors in the health
sector. 22 out of 73 neighborhoods (30 percent) were categorized as high risk for at least one of the two
indicators. Holy Cross, Florida Area, and Seventh Ward neighborhoods were categorized as high risk for both
indicators.
HEALTH PROTECTION
The only indicator for health protection is neighborhood geographic proximity to healthcare. 19 neighborhoods
(26 percent) are categorized as having no protective factor, which means there is no primary care or behavioral
health center within the neighborhood boundaries or in any adjacent neighborhoods. Eleven neighborhoods (15
percent) were categorized as high protective factor, meaning the neighborhood has both primary care and
behavioral health centers either within the neighborhood or at least one service in the neighborhood and the other
in an adjacent neighborhood.
ECONOMIC RISK
Economic risk is defined by five indicators: median income as a percent of the Federal Poverty Line, housing cost
burden, percent of children living in poverty, unemployment rate, and percent of families not receiving food
stamps who live under the Federal Poverty Line. Fifty-six percent or 40 neighborhoods are in the high risk
category for at least one of the economic risk factors; 25 of those 40 (thirty-five percent of all 72 neighborhoods)
are in the high risk group for more than one economic risk factor. St. Claude and St. Roch are in the high risk
category for every indicator of economic risk.
ECONOMIC PROTECTION
The only indicator for economic protection is access to public transit, which is measured as the rate of households
with no private vehicle compared to the number of public transit vehicles passing through the neighborhood each
day. Three neighborhoods: Lake Catherine, Desire Development, and Florida Development do not have public
transit pass through the neighborhood, and thus, on this scale, have no economic protection.
EDUCATION RISK
The percent of mothers who gave birth from 2011-2012 who have less than a high school diploma is what is used
to gauge education risk.
EDUCATION PROTECTION
Two indicators are used to measure education protection: percent of three and four year olds enrolled in preschool
and the number of childcare facilities per 100 children ages 5 years and under. One neighborhood (Iberville) are
considered to have no protective factor or low protective factor, whereas the data suggests that two

neighborhoods—City Park and Black Pearl have high protective scores for both indicators.
SOCIAL & COMMUNITY RISK
For the purposes of this report, social/community risk is defined by the rate of homicides per 100,000 residents,
percent of births to unmarried women from 2011-2012, teen birth rate, and the number of blighted properties.
Twenty neighborhoods (28 percent) are listed as high risk for at least two of the indicators. Seventh Ward, St.
Roch, Florida Area, and Lower Ninth Ward are listed as high risk for all four social/community risks.
SOCIAL & COMMUNITY PROTECTION
The percent of households with children under the age of 18 years who are run by married couples is the sole
social protective factor measured. The indicator selected for community protection is the acres of green space per
1000 residents. Fourteen neighborhoods (19 percent) have no recorded community green space—either in the
form of parks or community gardens.
On the following page: Neighborhoods Broken into Quartiles for each Risk and Protective F actor

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Low Birth Weight
Risk Factor
The percent of low birth
weight births is a risk factor
identified and monitored in
Early Childhood Risk and Reach
in Louisiana at a parish level and
by Kids Count Data Center at a
state level. Low birth weight
refers to babies weighing less
than 5.5 pounds or 2500 grams
at birth. “Historically, low birth
weight babies have been at
increased risk for infant
mortality, neuro-developmental
impairments, growth failure,
behavior problems, and chronic
health problems. In recent
decades, low birth weight babies
have had increased survival, but
many of the other adverse
outcomes have not been
comparably mitigated.”iii
The percent of low birth
weight babies was determined
through combining census tract
birth data the Louisiana Office of
Public Health collected from
birth certificates for births in
2011 and 2012.
HIGH RISK
(4th Quartile)
MODERATE-HIGH RISK
(3rd Quartile)
Neighborhood % Neighborhood %
McDonogh 22.2 Little Woods 14.6
Read Blvd West 20.0 Tulane-Gravier 14.2
Desire Area/Development 18.8 Whitney 13.8
French Quarter 17.9 Treme-Lafitte 13.8
Seventh Ward 17.7 U.S. Naval Base 13.3
Hollygrove 17.6 Milneburg 13.1
Gert Town 17.0 Broadmoor 13.1
Pines Village 16.2 Lower Ninth Ward 12.8
B.W. Cooper 16.1 Mid-City 12.8
Viavant 16.1 Behrman 12.7
Holy Cross 16.0 Fischer Development 12.5
Plum Orchard 16.0 Old Aurora 12.2
Florida Area 15.9 Lake Catherine 12.1
Central City 15.6 Freret 12.0
St. Thomas Development 15.1 St. Roch 11.8
West Lake Forest 15.0 Leonidas 11.6
Tall Timbers 14.7 New Aurora-English Turn 11.5
LOW-MODERATE RISK
(2nd Quartile)
LOW RISK
(1st Quartile)
St. Claude 11.3 Lakeview 8.2
Fillmore 11.1 Dixon 8.1
Lower Garden District 10.6 Bywater 7.7
St. Anthony 10.5 Central Business District 7.1
Fairgrounds 10.4 Audubon 6.8
Milan 9.9 Garden District 6.8
Uptown 9.6 Marlyville-Fontainebleau 6.7
Village de L’Est 9.6 East Riverside 6.1
Dillard 9.4 Lake Terrace & Oaks 6.0
Read Boulevard East 9.3 Irish Channel 5.4
Gentilly Terrace 9.2 Touro 5.3
St. Bernard Area 9.2 Iberville 5.3
Bayou St. John 9.1 East Carrollton 5.1
Marigny 9.0 Lakewood 5.0
West End 9.1 Lakeshore-Lake Vista 3.1
Ponchartrain Park 8.8 Navarre 2.8
West Riverside 8.6 Algiers Point 0.0
Gentilly Woods 8.5 Black Pearl 0.0
Points of Comparison
Area %
Orleans Parish 12.0
Louisiana 10.7
United States 8.2
Italicized neighborhoods denote
neighborhoods where the average LBW
rate is estimated due to reporting
restrictions on less than 5 births per
census tract. NO BIRTHS OCCURRED: City Park, Florida Development

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New HIV Positive Cases
Risk Factor
HIV can be passed to the
fetus during pregnancy or
through breastfeeding. Because
approximately 18 percent of HIV
positive individuals do not know
they are infected, early detection
and intervention is essential to
prevent transmission from
mother to child.iv The number of
new HIV positive cases in each
zip code can help guide efforts to
promote early detection of HIV.
The number of new HIV
positive cases is provided by the
Ryan White HIV/Aids Program
at the zip code level. Since the
data is not aggregated at a
census tract or neighborhood
level, the zip codes are ranked
according to the number of new
HIV positive cases they had
recorded in 2012. Each zip code
also includes a list of all the
neighborhoods or portions of
neighborhoods that belong to
that zip code.
MODERATE-HIGH RISK
(16-19 New HIV+ Cases)
Zip
Code
#
Neighborhoods in Zip
Code
70114 17
Algiers Point, Behrman,
Fischer Development,
McDonogh, Old Aurora,
Tall Timbers-Brechtel,
U.S. Naval Base,
Whitney
70113 16
B.W. Cooper, Central
Business District,
Central City, Tulane-
Gravier
70115 16
Central City, East
Riverside, Freret,
Garden District, Irish
Channel, Milan, Touro,
Uptown, West
Riverside
70125 16
B.W. Cooper,
Broadmoor, City Park,
Gert Town, Marlyville-
Fontainebleau
70131 16
New Aurora, Old
Aurora, Tall Timbers-
Brechtel
LOW-MODERATE RISK
(10-15 New HIV+ Cases)
Zip
Code
#
Neighborhoods in
Zip Code
70118 15
Audubon, Black
Pearl, Dixon, East
Carrollton,
Hollygrove,
Lakewood,
Leonidas,
Marlyville-
Fontainebleau, West
Riverside
70122 15
Fillmore, Gentilly
Terrace, Lake
Terrace & Oaks,
Milneberg, St.
Anthony, St.
Bernard Area, St.
Roch
70126 12
Little Woods, Pines
Village, Plum
Orchard,
Ponchartrain Park,
Viavant, West Lake
Forest
70130 12
Central Business
District, City Park,
French Quarter,
Garden District,
Irish Channel,
Lower Garden
District, St. Thomas
District
70127 11
Little Woods, Read
Boulevard East,
Read Boulevard
West, West Lake
Forest
LOW RISK
(Less Than 10 New HIV+ Cases)
Zip
Code
#
Neighborhoods in Zip
Code
70112 6
Central Business
District, French
Quarter, Iberville,
Treme-Lafitte, Tulane-
Gravier
70128 6
Little Woods, Read
Boulevard East
70129 4
Viavant, Village D L'est,
Lake Catherine
70124 2
City Park, Lakeshore-
Lake Vista, Lakeview,
Lakewood, Navarre,
West End
HIGH RISK
(20 or More New HIV+ Cases)
Zip
Code
# Neighborhoods in
Zip Code
70119 52 Bayou St. John, City
Park, Fairgrounds,
Mid City, 7th Ward,
St. Roch, Treme-
Lafitte, Tulane-
Gravier
70117 28 Bywater, Florida
Area, Florida Dev.,
Holy Cross, Lower
9th Ward, Marigny,
St. Claude, St. Roch,
Viavant
70116 20 French Quarter,
Marigny, 7th Ward,
Treme-Lafitte

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Proximity to Primary
Care and Behavioral
Health Centers
Protective Factor
The number of primary care
and behavioral health centers
available in a neighborhood
and/or surrounding neighbor-
hoods is a protective factor and a
basic indicator showing how
geographically accessible health
care services are. Hospitals are
not included in this rating
system because hospitals
typically offer more specialized
services. The facilities included
in this protective factor are open
at least 35 hours per week and
are open to anyone and
everyone. The location of
primary care and behavioral
health centers is taken from a
map developed by the New
Orleans Health Department in
2013.
PC=Primary Care Center
BC=Behavioral Health Center
NO PROTECTIVE FACTOR (0)
(No PC or BC in Neighborhood or Adjacent Neighborhoods)
Audubon Gentilly Woods Milneburg
Black Pearl Holy Cross Navarre
City Park Lake Terrace & Oaks Ponchartrain Park
Desire Area/Dev.
East Carrollton
Lakeshore-Lake Vista
Lakeview West End
Florida. Dev. Lake Catherine West Riverside
Freret Lakewood
LOW-MODERATE
PROTECTIVE
FACTOR (2)
MODERATE-HIGH
PROTECTIVE FACTOR
(3)
HIGH PROTECTIVE
FACTOR (4)
(2 or more PC and/or
BC in Adjacent
Neighborhoods)
(1 PC or BC is in
Neighborhood)
(Either PC or BC is in
Neighborhood and the
Complementary
Center is in an
Adjacent
Neighborhood)
Algiers Point Bayou St. John Behrman
B.W. Cooper Dillard Bywater
Broadmoor Gert Town
Central Business
District
East Riverside McDonogh Central City
Fischer Dev. St. Claude French Quarter
Garden District Tall Timbers
Lower Garden
District
Iberville Treme-Lafitte Marigny
Irish Channel Whitney Old Aurora
Little Woods Touro
Mid-City Tulane-Gravier
Milan West Lake Forest
Pines Village
Plum Orchard
Real Blvd. East
Real Blvd. West
Seventh Ward
St Roch
St Thomas Dev.
U.S. Naval Base
Uptown
LOW PROTECTIVE FACTOR
(1)
(1 PC or BC in an Adjacent
Neighborhood)
Dixon
Fairgrounds
Fillmore
Florida Area
Gentilly Terrace
Hollygrove
Leonidas
Lower Ninth Ward
Marlyville-Fontainebleau
New Aurora-English Turn
St. Anthony
St. Bernard Area
Viavant
Village de L’Est

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Median Income as a
Percent of the Federal
Poverty Line
Risk Factor
The median income as a percent
of the Federal Poverty Line is a risk
factor identified and monitored in
Early Childhood Risk and Reach in
Louisiana. Median income is linked
with the risks of housing cost
burden and the percent of children
under 18 living in poverty. Early
Childhood Risk and Reach in
Louisiana explains that the median
income as a percent of the Federal
Poverty Line is a different
mechanism to measure poverty that
is less affected by very high or very
low incomes in a geographic area.
In addition to the economic burdens
and stresses experienced by a
family that approaches or falls
below the Federal Poverty Line,
there is a parallel education
achievement gap between low
income and high income families.
“Today, the gap in family incomes is
associated with a 30-60 percent
larger difference in educational
achievement than it was for
children born in the 1970s.” v
The median income for each
census tract was reported in the
2007-2011 American Community
Survey 5-Year Estimates report on
Median Household Income. The
median household income is
calculated as a percentage of the
average of the 2007-2011 Federal
Poverty Lines for a household of
three.
HIGH RISK
(4th Quartile)
MODERATE-HIGH RISK
(3rd Quartile)
Neighborhood Median
Income
($)
% of
FPL
Neighborhood Median
Income
($)
% of
FPL
Iberville 9,571 56 Holy Cross 26,570 154
Bywater 10,872 63 Gert Town 26,918 156
B.W. Cooper 11,774 68 Florida Area 27,143 158
Fischer Dev. 12,500 73 Hollygrove 27,225 158
St. Bernard Area 14,712 85 Ponch. Park 27,965 162
Lower Ninth Ward 15,843 92 Leonidas 28,350 165
Dixon 16,744 97 Mid-City 30,807 179
St. Roch 19,782 115 Behrman 31,298 182
Viavant 21,452 125 McDonogh 31,506 183
Tulane-Gravier 21,575 125 Black Pearl 31,694 184
Central City 21,744 126 West Lake Forest 31,742 184
St. Thomas Dev. 22,208 129 Village de L’Est 32,228 187
St. Claude 22,334 130 Pines Village 32,328 188
Plum Orchard 23,263 135 Lake Catherine 32,918 191
Seventh Ward 24,213 141 Little Woods 32,978 192
St. Anthony 24,482 142 Whitney 33,371 194
Treme-Lafitte 24,644 143 East Riverside 33,393 194
Desire Dev./Area 26,031 151 Gentilly Terrace 33,941 197
LOW-MODERATE RISK
(2nd Quartile)
LOW RISK
(1st Quartile)
Neighborhood Median
Income
($)
% of
FPL
Neighborhood Median
Income
($)
% of
FPL
Milneburg 34,022 198 Touro 51,776 301
Dillard 35,189 204 Broadmoor 52,706 306
Fairgrounds 35,674 207 Read Blvd. East 54,032 314
Milan 36,408 211 Uptown 54,173 315
Irish Channel 37,707 219 Old Aurora 55,469 322
Freret 38,125 221 West Riverside 58,858 342
U.S. Naval Base 38,220 222 Navarre 60,913 354
Marigny
39,016 227
Marlyville-
Fontainebleau 61,945 360
Read Blvd West 39,583 230 New Aurora 64,078 372
CBD 40,614 236 French Quarter 64, 088 372
Gentilly Woods 41,597 242 Algiers Point 69,886 406
Bayou St. John 45,309 263 Lakeview 71,173 413
East Carrollton 47,238 274 Garden District 73,903 429
Lower Garden Dist. 49,772 289 Audubon 85,140 495
West End 50,054 291 Lake Terr. & Oaks 106,818 620
Tall Timbers 50,219 292 Lakeshore/Vista 126,705 736
Fillmore 50,274 292 Lakewood 148,750 864
Area Median
Income ($)
% of
FPL
Orleans Parish 37,325 217
Louisiana 44,086 256
United States 52,762 306
NO DATA AVAILABLE FOR: Florida Development, City Park

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Housing Cost Burden
Risk Factor
Housing cost burden is
defined as families having to
spend 30 percent or more of
their household income on
housing. Housing cost burden is
considered a risk factor for
family health because spending
over 30 percent of household
income on rent or home
payments can create financial
hardship. With a limited income,
paying a high percentage of
income on housing may not
leave enough money for other
expenses, such as food,
transportation and medical
expenses. Moreover, high
payments reduce the proportion
of income a household can
allocate to savings each month.vi
The housing cost burden is
recorded from the rates reported
on the Healthy NOLA
Neighborhoods database by the
Louisiana Public Health Institute.
Their data is reported for the
years 2007-2011 from the
American Community Survey.
HIGH RISK MODERATE-HIGH RISK
(4th Quartile) (3rd Quartile)
Florida Development 100.0 Treme-Lafitte 74.4
Florida Area 91.0 Whitney 73.7
Lake Terrace & Oaks 86.1 Old Aurora 73.6
St. Bernard Area 86.0 Little Woods 73.3
Viavant 84.4 Seventh Ward 73.0
Fillmore 83.3 East Carrollton 72.8
St. Anthony 82.8 West Lake Forest 72.2
Read Blvd East 82.1 U.S. Naval Base 69.9
St. Claude 81.3 Gentilly Terrace 69.2
Gert Town 80.9 Dixon 68.6
Lakeshore-Lake Vista 80.2 Desire Area 68.2
Holy Cross 79.1 Dillard 68.1
Read Boulevard West 78.8 Ponchartrain Park 67.9
Pines Village 77.8 Plum Orchard 67.4
St. Roch 76.9 Village de L’Est 65.8
Milneburg 75.2 Milan 65.0
Fairgrounds 74.9 Behrman 64.8
Tulane-Gravier 74.5
Hollygrove 74.5
Hollygrove 74.5
LOW-MODERATE RISK LOW RISK
(2nd Quartile) (1st Quartile)
New Aurora-English
Turn
63.3 Bayou St. John 54.5
Black Pearl 62.7 Marigny 54.5
Bywater 62.7 Touro 52.0
Central Business
District
62.6 Audubon 51.0
St. Thomas
Development
62.2 Irish Channel 48.5
Lower Ninth Ward 62.0 East Riverside 47.9
Tall Timbers 62.0 Lower Garden District 45.6
Broadmoor 61.8 West Riverside 45.3
Marlyville-
Fontainebleau
61.7 City Park 44.8
Mid-City 60.9 Gentilly Woods 42.3
Navarre 58.7 B.W. Cooper 39.7
Leonidas 58.0 Garden District 36.3
Uptown 57.6 Iberville 34.8
Central City 57.3 Lakewood 33.3
McDonogh 57.1 Algiers Point 33.1
French Quarter 56.7 Lakeview 30.1
Freret 56.4 Fischer Development 25.0
West End 55.5 Lake Catherine 0.0
Area %
Orleans Parish 63.0
Louisiana 29.8
United States 46.8

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Children Living in Poverty
Risk Factor
The percent of children ages
0-5 years living in poverty is a
risk factor identified and
monitored in Early Childhood
Risk and Reach in Louisiana.
Unfortunately, there is no
available data recording the
poverty rate for children 0-5
years at a neighborhood level in
Orleans Parish; however, there is
data regarding the poverty rate
for children under the age of 18
years. For this reason, the
percent of children under 18
living in poverty is selected in
the place of children ages 0-5
years. This is the same risk
factor monitored at a state level
by the Kids Count Data Center.
These children “…are at higher
risk for grade repetition,
learning disability, experiencing
violent crime, lead poisoning,
and emotional problems. Stress
stemming from poverty can
directly impact a child’s mental,
emotional and behavioral health
through the chronic activation of
biological stress mechanisms
and/or their immune systems.
Children who grow up in
extreme poverty are more likely
to remain in extreme poverty as
adults.”vii
This risk factor is recorded
from the Healthy NOLA
Neighborhoods database by the
LPHI, whose data is taken from
the 2007-2011 American
Community Survey 5-Year
Estimates.
HIGH RISK
(4th Quartile)
MODERATE-HIGH RISK
(3rd Quartile)
Florida Development 100 Dixon 51.8
Fischer Development 96.0 Holy Cross 51.3
Desire Area/Dev. 81.9 Gentilly Woods 49.7
St. Claude 77.1 Fillmore 49.6
Iberville 72.3 Hollygrove 49.4
West Lake Forest 63.7 St. Anthony 49.2
St. Roch 63.2 Central City 47.4
Gert Town 62.6 Little Woods 46.5
St. Thomas Development 61.5 Tulane-Gravier 45.9
Treme-Lafitte 61.1 Pines Village 44.8
Lower Ninth Ward 59.2 Bywater 43.0
Seventh Ward 58.7 Behrman 41.9
Mid-City 58.3 New Aurora-English Turn 40.7
Leonidas 55.5 Florida Area 40.5
Ponchartrain Park 55.4 Milneburg 37.5
Village de L’Est 54.7 Fairgrounds 37.0
Milan 53.6 Lower Garden District 35.8
Broadmoor 35.7
LOW-MODERATE RISK
(2nd Quartile)
Neighborhood % LOW RISK
(1st Quartile)
St. Bernard Area 34.4 Neighborhood %
Tall Timbers 33.6 Navarre 17.1
Whitney 33.2 McDonogh 16.1
Dillard 31.9 B.W. Cooper 15.5
Gentilly Terrace 30.3 East Carrollton 15.4
Freret 30.2 West Riverside 15.2
U.S. Naval Base 30.1 Central Business District 12.1
Marlyville-Fontainebleau 29.9 Lakeshore-Lake Vista 9.4
Viavant 29.2 Uptown 7.0
Read Blvd East 27.0 Touro 4.9
East Riverside 26.7 Black Pearl 3.9
Plum Orchard 26.1 Audubon 3.8
Read Blvd West 21.6 Lakeview 1.2
Marigny 21.4 Garden District 0.3
Old Aurora 21.0 Algiers Point 0.0
City Park 19.7 French Quarter 0.0
Bayou St. John 18.6 Lakewood 0.0
Irish Channel 18.1 West End 0.0
Area %
Orleans Parish 38.6
Louisiana 28.8
United States 21.2
No Data Available For: Lake
Catherine, Lake Terrace & Oaks

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Unemployment
Risk Factor
The percent of the
population unemployed is a risk
factor identified and monitored
in Early Childhood Risk and
Reach in Louisiana. It is also an
indicator identified by the
Association of Maternal and
Child Health Programs in their
Final Set of Life Course Indicators.
Unemployment recognized as a
risk factor because unemployed
individuals are more likely to
have mental distress and
experience depression, anxiety,
or loss of self-esteem. Parental
unemployment can lead to an
increase in family stress,
especially when a child is very
young. This has been shown to
result in long-term implications
on academic achievement, entry
into the workforce, problematic
behavior, and the quality of
parenting.viii
The percent of the
population unemployed in each
New Orleans neighborhood is
compiled by combining census
tract unemployment rates in
their respective neighborhood.
The census tract unemployment
rates were reported in the 2007-
2011 American Community
Survey 5-Year Estimates report
on employment status.
HIGH RISK
(4th Quartile)
MODERATE-HIGH RISK
(3rd Quartile)
Iberville 42.8 Fillmore 16.8
B.W. Cooper 39.1 Lower Ninth Ward 16.5
St. Bernard Area 31.6 McDonogh 16.5
Gert Town 25.4 Seventh Ward 16.1
Milneburg 23.0 East Carrollton 14.4
Tulane-Gravier 22.8 Freret 14.3
St. Claude 21.4 Treme-Lafitte 14.2
Central City 20.8 Dixon 13.9
St. Roch 20.6 East Riverside 13.9
Fischer Development 20.1 Little Woods 13.7
Milan 19.9 Broadmoor 13.8
Read Blvd West 19.9 New Aurora-English Turn 13.4
St. Anthony 19.6 Behrman 13.1
U.S. Naval Base 19.4 Village de L’Est 12.9
Pines Village 19.0 Bywater 12.6
Hollygrove 18.3 Ponchartrain Park 12.2
Gentilly Woods 17.1 Dillard 11.6
Plum Orchard 11.4
LOW-MODERATE RISK
(2nd Quartile)
LOW RISK
(1st Quartile)
Mid-City 10.6 Garden District 6.7
Fairgrounds 10.3 West End 6.5
Read Blvd. East 10.2 Marigny 6.1
Tall Timbers 10.1 Florida Area 5.9
St. Thomas Development 10.1 West Riverside 5.9
Bayou St. John 9.6 Audubon 5.7
Gentilly Terrace 9.4 Black Pearl 4.8
Old Aurora 8.9 Lower Garden District 4.7
Viavant 8.6 Navarre 4.4
Desire Area/Development 8.4 Touro 4.1
Leonidas 8.3 Marlyville-Fontainebleau 3.8
West Lake Forest 8.3 Lakeview 3.6
Holy Cross 8.2 Lakewood 3.4
Whitney 8.0 Central Business District 3.3
Lake Catherine* 7.8 Algiers Point 3.1
Uptown 7.8 French Quarter 2.7
Irish Channel 7.7 Lakeshore-Lake Vista 0.3
Lake Terrace & Oaks 7.3 City Park 0.0
Area %
Orleans Parish 11.4
Louisiana 8
United States 8.7 NO DATA AVAILABLE FOR: Florida Development
*Denotes neighborhoods with data missing for one or more of its census tracts

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Not Receiving Food
Stamps
Risk Factor
The percent of each
neighborhood population that
does not receive food stamps but
lives below the Federal Poverty
Line (FPL) is a newly developed
risk factor. The risk factor is
intended to suggest which
neighborhoods have an
underutilization of federal
benefit programs for which
families are eligible. Although
low income levels associated
with receiving federal benefits
put increased stress on a family
and children, federal benefit
programs such as Head Start,
SNAP, WIC, and school feeding
programs have helped improve
the health and cognitive
development of children.ix
Data for this risk factor is
taken from the 2007-2011
American Community Survey 5-
Year Estimates for Food
Stamps/SNAP Report. The
report aggregates data according
to the number of families in the
neighborhood not receiving food
stamps and the number of
families not receiving food
stamps who live below the FPL.
The main eligibility requirement
to receive food stamps is that a
household’s net monthly income
must be below the FPL. By
showing the percentage of
families who are not receiving
food stamps but are still below
the poverty level, the table
demonstrates the percentage of
the population that is most likely
eligible to receive food stamps
but are not receiving them.
HIGH RISK
(4th Quartile)
MODERATE-HIGH RISK
(3rd Quartile)
Iberville 74.5 Mid-City 20.7
Tulane-Gravier 43.6 Milan 21.0
Central City 43.0 New Aurora-English
Turn
20.1
St. Claude 36.5 Fairgrounds 19.6
St. Roch 32.2 Irish Channel 18.5
Dixon 31.6 Read Boulevard East 17.9
Holy Cross 28.6 Bywater 17.5
Central Business District 26.1 Pines Village 17.4
Leonidas 26.0 McDonogh 17.3
Village de L’Est 25.1 East Riverside 16.9
Florida Area 24.6 Lake Terrace & Oaks 16.7
Lower Ninth Ward 23.8 Touro 16.2
Treme-Lafitte 23.4 Desire Area/Dev. 15.7
St. Bernard Area 22.8 Gert Town 15.6
Seventh Ward 22.5 Ponchartrain Park 15.3
Black Pearl 21.5 St. Anthony 15.3
Hollygrove 21.4 Audubon 15.2
East Carrollton 21.2 Little Woods 15.0
LOW-MODERATE RISK
(2nd Quartile)
LOW RISK
(1st Quartile)
Bayou St. John 14.8 Lake Catherine 10.6
Dillard 14.8 Tall Timbers 10.5
Freret 14.4 Gentilly Terrace 10.4
Fillmore 14.2 West End 9.8
Plum Orchard 14.2 Lakeshore-Lake Vista 9.5
Marlyville-Fontainebleau 14.1 Old Aurora 9.1
St. Thomas Development 13.7 Whitney 8.6
Lower Garden District 13.5 U.S. Naval Base 7.0
West Riverside 13.2 Viavant 6.8
Behrman 13.2 Algiers Point 5.2
Broadmoor 13.1 French Quarter 4.9
Navarre 12.9 Fischer Development 4.8
Read Blvd West 12.9 Lakeview 4.8
West Lake Forest 12.3 Garden District 3.8
Gentilly Woods 12.2 Florida Development 0.0
Uptown 12.0 City Park 0.0
Milneburg 10.9
Marigny 10.9
Area %
Orleans Parish 17.1
Louisiana 22.9
United States 8.9
NO DATA AVAILABLE FOR: B.W.
Cooper, Lakewood

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Access to Public Transit
Protective Factor
Access to public transit is
selected as an economic
protective factor because when
transit systems are efficient, they
provide economic and social
opportunities and benefits, such
as better accessibility to
employment. When transit
systems are deficient in terms of
capacity or reliability, they can
have an economic cost, such as
reduced or missed opportunities
and lower quality of life.x
There are no existing
datasets dedicated to measuring
access to public transit at a
neighborhood level. Therefore, a
new measure was designed for
this report. The Greater New
Orleans Community Data Center
provides the percentage of the
households in each
neighborhood that do not have a
private vehicle; these estimates
are based off the 2006-2010
American Community Survey.
The New Orleans Regional
Transit Authority publishes the
time tables for each
bus/streetcar route. From these
data sets, the frequency public
transit passes through each
neighborhood was calculated by
using a neighborhood
boundaries map. The rate
reported to assess public transit
access is the number of
households without a private
vehicle per public transit vehicle
that passes through each
neighborhood over a 24-hour-
period on weekdays.
LOW PROTECTIVE FACTOR (1)
4th Quartile
LOW-MODERATE PROTECTIVE
FACTOR (2)—3rd Quartile
Neighborhood Rate Neighborhood Rate
Tall Timbers 14.61 Little Woods 3.51
Hollygrove 7.63 Lakeshore-Lake Vista 3.26
Behrman 7.24 McDonogh 3.25
St. Claude 7.21 Seventh Ward 3.06
Freret 6.70 Holy Cross 3.01
Old Aurora 5.76 New Aurora-English Turn 2.67
St. Bernard Area 5.58 Broadmoor 2.56
Central City 5.20 Gert Town 2.47
Mid-City 5.03 Bayou St. John 2.45
Bywater 4.70 Gentilly Terrace 2.31
St. Thomas Dev 4.65 Marigny 2.29
Fairgrounds 4.60 Plum Orchard 2.23
Lower Ninth Ward 4.48 Algiers Point 2.06
Florida Area 4.38 Fischer Dev 2.05
West Riverside 3.96 East Riverside 2.02
Irish Channel 3.94 Milan 2.00
Leonidas 3.72 East Carrollton 1.98
French Quarter 3.57 Dillard 1.97
MODERATE-HIGH
PROTECTIVE FACTOR (3)
2nd Quartile
HIGH PROTECTIVE FACTOR (4)
1st Quartile
Milneburg 1.86 Black Pearl 0.89
Garden District 1.84 Whitney 0.88
St. Roch 1.68 West Lake Forest 0.87
Lower Garden District 1.66 City Park 0.84
U.S. Naval Base 1.57 Marlyville-Fontainebleau 0.81
St. Anthony 1.56 Touro 0.78
B.W. Cooper 1.41 Tulane-Gravier 0.76
West End 1.39 Lake Terrace & Oaks 0.73
Lakeview 1.37 Fillmore 0.48
Read Blvd West 1.32 Central Business District 0.45
Uptown 1.19 Iberville 0.45
Audubon 1.17 Viavant 0.43
Dixon 1.17 Read Blvd East 0.34
Ponchartrain Park 1.09 Pines village 0.20
Desire Area 1.08 Gentilly Woods 0.16
Treme-Lafitte 1.06 Navarre 0.14
Village de L’Est 1.01 Lakewood 0.00
NO PUBLIC TRANSIT IN: Florida Development, Lake Catherine

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Births to Women with
Less than a High School
Education
Risk Factor
The percent of mothers with
less than a high school education
is a risk identified and
monitored in Early Childhood
Maternal education is strongly
related to child achievement,
immunization, poverty and long-
term outcomes. It is one of the
most prominent risk factors for
disparities across cognitive,
health and social-emotional
outcomes that appear in the first
24 months of life. The financial
stress from low income due to
lack of education can affect the
quality of parenting, the
mother’s level of stress and
maternal mental health, all
factors which are associated
with behavior problems and
poor achievement in
preschoolers.xi
The percent of mothers with
less than a high school education
in each New Orleans
neighborhood is compiled by
combining census tract birth
data the Louisiana Office of
2011 and 2012.
Area %
Orleans Parish 22.3
Louisiana 21.0
United States 17.3
Iberville 52.5 St. Claude 29.6
Fischer Dev 52.1 Bywater 29.5
Dixon 41.9 Tulane-Gravier 29.5
Viavant 41.9 Desire Area/Dev 29.3
St. Roch 38.3 Tall Timbers 29.1
Mid-City 37.6 New Aurora 28.1
Village de L’Est 37.4 Plum Orchard 27.6
Holy Cross 37.0 Lower Ninth Ward 27.5
Treme-Lafitte 36.3 West Lake Forest 27.5
Seventh Ward 35.9 Hollygrove 27.4
Behrman 35.6 Milan 27.2
Central City 35.6 Leonidas 25.8
B.W. Cooper 35.5 Pines Village 25.5
U.S. Naval Base 32.8 Freret 24.0
Gert Town 31.2 St. Bernard Area 23.9
St. Thomas Dev 31.2 Lake Catherine 23.4
Florida Area 30.2 McDonogh 23.1
Bayou St. John 22.4
Whitney 21.1 Touro 6.8
St. Anthony 20.2 Central Business District 6.3
Little Woods 20.0 Lakewood 6.3
Marigny 20.0 Uptown 6.0
Gentilly Terrace 18.8 West Riverside 6.0
Broadmoor
16.0
Marlyville-
Fontainebleau 4.9
Dillard 15.9 Lower Garden District 4.3
Read Blvd West 14.7 Lakeshore-Lake Vista 3.8
East Riverside 14.6 East Carrollton 3.2
Fillmore 14.4 Navarre 3.2
Milneburg 14.3 Audubon 3.2
Fairgrounds 13.8 West End 2.6
Old Aurora 13.4 Gentilly Woods 2.4
Algiers Point 11.3 Lakeview 1.6
Read Blvd East 11.0 French Quarter 0.0
Ponchartrain Park 10.9 Garden District 0.0
Irish Channel 9.4 Lake Terrace & Oaks 0.0
Black Pearl 7.4
Italicized neighborhoods denote neighborhoods where the average LBW rate is estimated due to reporting restrictions on less
than 5 births per census tract.
NO BIRTHS OCCURRED IN:
City Park, Florida Development

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Preschool Enrollment
Protective Factor
The premise for identifying
the percentage of children 3-4
years old who are enrolled in
preschool as a protective factor
is taken from Early Childhood
Risk and Reach in Louisiana,
which monitors the percent of
children in publicly funded pre-
K, Head Start, or high quality
child care. Although this
specificity of data is not available
at a census tract level, the
percentage of children ages 3-4
enrolled in preschool is
available. When preschool
programs are of high quality,
positive effects have been
documented into adolescence
and adulthood. The impacts of
high quality early care and
education include: increases in
school readiness, entry into the
workforce, earnings and
academic achievement, and a
decrease in crime. Studies of the
economic impact of such early
care and education interventions
range up to a seventeen to one
return on the initial
investment.xii We recognize that
the quality of the preschool is a
determining factor of the
positive effects it may have on a
child, and for this reason, this
protective factor is still under
development as we work to
determine a more accurate
measure for the percent of 3-4
year-olds attending quality
preschools, not just preschool.
The percent of children ages
3-4 years enrolled in preschool
was reported in the 2007-2011
American Community Survey 5-
Year Estimates report on school
enrollment.
NONE OF 3-4 YEAR OLDS ENROLLED
(0)
Bywater 0.0
Iberville 0.0
Treme-Lafitte 0.0
4th Quartile
U.S. Naval Base 5.3 Whitney 47.5
Plum Orchard 5.8 St. Anthony 48.2
St. Claude* 10.1 Hollygrove 48.9
Gentilly Woods 15.0 Mid-City* 49.6
Milneburg 15.1 Behrman* 51.2
Lower Ninth Ward 22.2 Fairgrounds 52.8
St. Roch 24.0 Central City 55.5
Navarre 26.5 Old Aurora 55.6
Leonidas 29.9 Village de L’Est 55.7
Touro 35.7 Fillmore 56.3
New Aurora-English
Turn 37.2
Little Woods
57.7
Real Blvd East 40.7 Dillard 58.8
Lower Garden District 41.0 West End 61.8
McDonogh 46.0 Audubon 62.9
Seventh Ward 46.0 Gentilly Terrace 63.4
Tall Timbers 63.5
MODERATE-HIGH
2nd Quartile
HIGH PROTECTIVE FACTOR
(4)
1st Quartile
Ponchartrain Park 64.5 Lake Terrace & Oaks 80.0
Gert Town 65.7 West Riverside 80.0
Bayou St. John 66.1 Irish Channel 81.3
West Lake Forest 66.2 Lake Catherine 88.4
Milan 66.5 Fischer Dev. 92.3
Lakeshore-Lake Vista 72.0 Uptown 96.2
Marlyville-Fontainebleau 72.0 Algiers Point 100.0
East Riverside 72.9 Black Pearl 100.0
Pines Village 73.0 Florida Area 100.0
East Carrollton 73.8 Garden District 100.0
Broadmoor 76.1 Holy Cross 100.0
Dixon 76.1 Lakeview 100.0
Lakewood 77.6 Desire Area/Dev. 100.0
Tulane-Gravier 77.8 St. Bernard Area 100.0
Read Blvd West 78.7 St. Thomas Dev. 100.0
Area %
Orleans Parish 7.2
Louisiana 7.0
United States 6.0
NO 3-4 YEAR OLDS IN
NEIGHBORHOOD: B.W.
Cooper, Central Business
District, City Park, French
Quarter, Freret, Marigny,
Viavant, Florida Development

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Childcare Facility
Availability
Protective Factor
Similar to the percentage of
children ages 3-4 years enrolled in
preschool, the idea for the
protective factor regarding the
number of childcare facilities per
100 children ages five years and
under in each neighborhood is
based on Early Childhood Risk and
Reach in Louisiana, which
monitors the percent of children
in publicly funded pre-k, Head
Start, or high quality child care. As
mentioned previously, this type of
data is not available at a census
tract level. However, there is data
available regarding the number of
childcare facilities available in
each New Orleans neighborhood,
which helps depict how
geographically accessible the
childcare centers are. Parents’
ability to enroll their child in
childcare is dependent upon
access, availability, and
affordability. Limited access to
childcare facilities creates a
greater number of parents who
cannot seek employment, which
may lead to lower income, higher
stress levels, and less socialization
for the child. High quality
childcare is linked to increased
vocabulary in the 5th grade and
higher cognitive-academic
achievement at age 15.xiii
The number of childcare
facilities per 100 children five
years and under was calculated by
using Healthy NOLA
Neighborhoods and the
neighborhood age breakdowns
provided by GNOCDC through
using 2010 Census data. Healthy
NOLA Neighborhoods lists the
available childcare facilities in
each New Orleans neighborhood.
No Childcare Facilities
Algiers Point Lake Catherine *
B.W. Cooper Lake Terrace
Fillmore Lakewood
Fischer
Development
Lower 9th
Ward
Florida Area Marigny
Florida
Development
Ponchartrain
Park
Freret St. Anthony
Garden District U.S. Naval Base
Iberville Viavant *
West End
4th Quartile
Neighborhood #
Tall Timbers 0.1
Village de L’Est 0.1
Read Blvd East 0.2
New Aurora-English Turn 0.2
Old Aurora 0.3
West Riverside 0.3
Read Blvd West 0.3
Little Woods 0.3
Dillard 0.4
Bayou St. John 0.4
Gentilly Woods 0.4
Neighborhood #
Irish Channel 0.5
Lakeshore-Lake Vista 0.5
St. Roch 0.5
Lakeview 0.5
East Riverside 0.6
Dixon 0.6
Fairgrounds 0.6
Tulane-Gravier 0.7
Navarre 0.7
Mid-City 0.7
Bywater 0.7
Milneburg 0.7
MODERATE-HIGH PROTECTIVE
FACTOR (3)—2nd Quartile
Neighborhood #
Holy Cross 0.8
St. Thomas Dev 0.8
Hollygrove 0.8
Milan 0.8
Gentilly Terrace 0.8
Pines Village 0.8
Plum Orchard 0.9
Broadmoor 0.9
Audubon 0.9
St. Bernard Area 1.0
West Lake Forest 1.0
Treme-Lafitte 1.1
Marlyville-
Fontainebleau 1.1
1st Quartile
Neighborhood #
Whitney 1.2
Seventh Ward 1.2
Lower Garden District 1.2
Black Pearl 1.3
Gert Town 1.3
Central City 1.4
East Carrollton 1.4
Behrman 1.5
Leonidas 1.5
St. Claude 1.5
City Park 1.5
Uptown 2.1
French Quarter 2.9
Central Business
District 3.1
Touro 4.0
NO CHILDREN 5 YEARS & UNDER:
Desire Area/Development, Florida
Development

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Homicide Rate
Risk Factor
The homicide rate per
100,000 people was identified by
the Association of Maternal and
Child Health Programs as an
indicator in the Life Course
Metrics Project. Infants and
toddlers who witness violence
within the home or community
tend to show excessive
irritability, immature behaviors,
sleep disorders, emotional
distress, fear of being alone, and
regression in toileting and
language. Exposure to trauma
interferes with a child’s
development of trust and later
exploratory behavior. It has also
been noted that young children
show symptoms similar to post
traumatic stress disorder,
including repeated re-
experiencing of the traumatic
event, avoidance and numbing of
responsiveness.xiv
The homicide rate for each
neighborhood is reported by the
Louisiana Public Health Institute
Healthy NOLA Neighborhood site
as the rate per 1,000 people;
however, since homicide rates
are typically listed per 100,000
people, the rate listed at
healthynola.org is multiplied by
100. The data represents
information collected from
2010-2012 by the New Orleans
Police Department.
HIGH RISK
(4th Quartile)
MODERATE-HIGH RISK
(3rd Quartile)
Desire Area 216 Gert Town 74
St. Claude 166 Central Business
District
73
Fischer Development 157 Iberville 73
Seventh Ward 150 St. Thomas
Development
62
Dixon 131 Pines village 59
Florida Area 128 Milan 57
Lower Ninth Ward 106 Tulane-Gravier 55
Central City 104 Behrman 54
Treme-Lafitte 104 Plum Orchard 51
St. Bernard Area 103 Bywater 50
Holy Cross 98 East Riverside 49
St. Roch 95 Leonidas 49
Hollygrove 84 Milneburg 49
B.W. Cooper 83 Bayou St. John 47
West Lake Forest 83 St. Anthony 47
McDonogh 82 Village de L’Est 42
Viavant 79 New Aurora-English
Turn
40
LOW-MODERATE RISK
(2nd Quartile)
LOW RISK
(1st Quartile)
Little Woods 36 Touro 10
Mid-City 36 Lakeview 10
Tall Timbers 36 West Riverside 10
French Quarter 35 Marlyville-
Fontainebleau
10
Gentilly Woods 35 Old Aurora 10
Fairgrounds 32 Audubon 10
Broadmoor 31 Black Pearl 10
Freret 31 City Park 0
Irish Channel 30 East Carrollton 0
Whitney 29 Fillmore 0
Dillard 23 Garden District 0
Lakewood 20 Lake Catherine 0
Read Blvd East 18 Lake Terrace & Oaks 0
Read Blvd West 16 Lakeshore-Lake
Vista
0
U.S. Naval Base 15 Lower Garden
District
0
Algiers Point 14 Marigny 0
Navarre 14 Ponchartrain Park 0
Area Per 100,000
People
Orleans
Parish
40
Louisiana 12
United States 5
NO DATA AVAILABLE FOR: Desire Development, Florida Development

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Births to Unmarried
Women
Risk Factor
The percentage of births to
single mothers was both
identified as an indicator in the
American Association of
Maternal and Child Health Final
Set of Life Course Indicators and
as a risk factor in Early Childhood
According to the risk and reach
report, “Single mothers have a
higher risk of having adverse
birth outcomes such as low birth
weight, preterm birth, and infant
mortality than are children born
to married women. Unmarried
mothers generally have lower
incomes, lower education levels,
and greater dependence on
social assistance than do married
mothers. Children born to single
mothers are more likely to have
instability in living
arrangements, live in poverty,
have social and/or emotional
problems, and by adolescence
have lower educational
attainment.”xv At this point, the
only data available at a
neighborhood level is the
percent of births to unmarried
women, which we understand is
not synonymous with single
mothers. In the future, we would
like to refine this measure so
that it only measures single
mothers.
The percentage of births to
unmarried mothers is calculated
through combining census tract
birth data the Louisiana Office of
2011 and 2012.
Iberville 100.0 Little Woods 81.5
B.W. Cooper 96.8 Holy Cross 81.5
Fischer Dev 91.7 Plum Orchard 81.0
Hollygrove 91.1 Dillard 80.7
West Lake Forest 90.8 Treme-Lafitte 80.3
Desire Area/Dev 90.7 Read Blvd West 80.0
St. Roch 90.0 Milneburg 77.6
Gert Town 89.4 Dixon 77.4
Florida Area 88.4 St. Thomas Dev 76.6
Pines Village 88.2 Whitney 75.4
St. Bernard Area 85.9 Tulane-Gravier 75.2
Seventh Ward 85.5 Tall Timbers 74.9
Behrman 84.7 St. Claude 74.9
Central City 84.2 Mid-City 74.7
McDonogh 83.3 Leonidas 73.9
St. Anthony 83.3 Ponchartrain Park 73.9
Lower Ninth Ward 81.7 Gentilly Terrace 70.8
New Aurora-English Turn 67.1
Milan 65.4 Algiers Point 40.3
Viavant 64.5 Central Business District 37.5
Fairgrounds 62.2 Marigny 34.0
Bywater 62.1 Lower Garden District 32.5
French Quarter 60.7 Marlyville-Fontainebleau 24.4
Bayou St. John 60.3 Black Pearl 23.5
U.S. Naval Base 58.6 West End 23.5
Read Blvd East 58.5 Uptown 23.3
Old Aurora 56.5 West Riverside 23.0
Village de L’Est 56.1 Touro 18.9
Fillmore 52.5 East Carrollton 18.8
Freret 52.0 Navarre 14.1
Broadmoor 51.4 Lakeshore-Lake Vista 12.3
Lake Catherine 48.4 Lakeview 10.3
Irish Channel 47.8 Garden District 7.8
Gentilly Woods 47.2 Lake Terrace & Oaks 7.8
East Riverside 41.5 Lakewood 6.3
Audubon 5.3
Area %
Orleans Parish 64.1
Louisiana 48.7
United States 35.7
NO BIRTHS OCCURRED: City Park, Florida Development
Italicized neighborhoods denote neighborhoods where the teen birth rate is
estimated due to reporting restrictions on less than 5 births per census tract.

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Teen Births
Risk Factor
The percent of births to
women under the age of 20
years is based on the risk factor
identified and monitored in
Early Childhood Risk and Reach
in Louisiana and identified by the
Association of Maternal and
Child Health Programs in their
Final Set of Life Course Indicators
and by the Kids Count Data
Center. “Approximately 50
percent of teen mothers receive
a high school diploma by the age
of 22 compared to
approximately 90 percent of
women who had not given birth
during their adolescence. Poor
child outcomes associated with
teen parents include
developmental delays,
intellectual deficiencies, and
behavior problems. Children of
teen mothers are more likely to
drop out of high school, have
more health problems, be
incarcerated at some point
during adolescence, and become
a teen parent themselves.”xvi
Usually the rate of teen
births is calculated as the
number of teen women who
gave birth divided by the total
number of teen women in a
population. Due to limitations in
data, for this report, teen birth
rate is calculated as the percent
of births in each neighborhood
to women under the age of 20
years compared to the total
number of births in each
neighborhood. The data for this
report was gathered by the
Louisiana Office of Public Health
from birth certificates dated
2011-2012.
Dixon 25.8 Pines Village 14.4
Iberville 22.5 St. Bernard Area 13.8
Fischer Development 20.8 Central City 13.7
Hollygrove 19.9 McDonogh 13.4
Gentilly Terrace 17.1 St. Claude 13.3
Read Blvd West 16.8 Plum Orchard 13.2
St. Roch 16.5 St. Anthony 13.2
St. Thomas Development 16.4 Tall Timbers 12.7
Treme-Lafitte 16.3 Whitney 12.1
Florida Area 15.9 Desire Area/Dev. 11.6
Bywater 15.8 Little Woods 11.1
Seventh Ward 15.5 Mid-City 10.9
Lake Catherine 15.2 New Aurora 10.4
Holy Cross 15.1 Fillmore 10.1
Behrman 15.0 Leonidas 9.5
U.S. Naval Base 15.0 West Lake Forest 9.3
Lower Ninth Ward 14.7
Ponchartrain Park 8.8 Milneburg 4.5
Tulane-Gravier 8.7 Dillard 4.5
Viavant 8.1 Freret 4.0
Bayou St. John 7.5 West Riverside 3.9
Old Aurora 7.5 Lakeshore-Lake Vista 3.1
Read Boulevard East 7.3 East Carrollton 2.6
Gert Town 7.1 West End 2.5
Gentilly Woods 6.6 Uptown 2.1
Milan 6.5 Lower Garden District 1.7
Village de L’Est 6.1
Marlyville-
Fontainebleau
1.4
Fairgrounds 6.1 Lakeview 1.3
East Riverside 6.1 Algiers Point 0.0
Lake Terrace & Oaks 6.0 Audubon 0.0
Broadmoor 5.6 B.W. Cooper 0.0
Black Pearl 5.6 Central Business District 0.0
Irish Channel 5.4 Garden District 0.0
Lakewood 5.0 Marigny 0.0
Navarre 0.0
Touro 0.0
NO BIRTHS: City Park, Florida Development, French Quarter
Italicized neighborhoods denote neighborhoods where the teen birth rate is estimated due
to reporting restrictions on less than 5 births per census tract.

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Blighted Properties
Risk Factor
The number of blighted
properties in a neighborhood
was selected as a risk factor
because of the growing concern
brought up about blight by
citizens at the Mayor’s Annual
Community Budget Meetings.
Community members view
blight as a danger and eyesore in
their neighborhoods. Reducing
the number of blighted
properties is a priority for New
Orleanians and influences how
safe they feel in their
communities.
The calculations for blighted
properties are copied directly
from Greater New Orleans
Community Data Center’s
(GNOCDC) “New Orleans Blight
Reduction Timeline” report for
the year 2012. GNOCDC
generated the report using data
from the US Postal System data.
Neighborhood # Neighborhood #
Central City 1201-3600 Behrman 301-600
Lakeview 1201-3600 Broadmoor 301-600
Little Woods 1201-3600 Bywater 301-600
Mid-City 1201-3600 Gentilly Terrace 301-600
Seventh Ward 1201-3600 Gentilly Woods 301-600
St. Claude 1201-3600 Gert Town 301-600
St. Roch 1201-3600 Hollygrove 301-600
Treme-Lafitte 1201-3600 Lake Catherine 301-600
Desire Area 601-1200 Milan 301-600
Fillmore 601-1200 Pines village 301-600
Florida Area 601-1200 Read Blvd East 301-600
Holy Cross 601-1200 Read Blvd West 301-600
Lower Ninth Ward 601-1200 U.S. Naval Base 301-600
Milneburg 601-1200 Viavant 301-600
Plum Orchard 601-1200 Village de L’Est 301-600
St. Anthony 601-1200
Tulane-Gravier 601-1200
West End 601-1200
West Lake Forest 601-1200
Neighborhood # Neighborhood #
City Park 76-150 Algiers Point <75
Irish Channel 76-150 Audubon <75
Lakeshore-Lake Vista 76-150 Black Pearl <75
Lakewood 76-150
Central Business
District <75
Lower Garden District 76-150 Desire Dev <75
Marigny 76-150 East Carrollton <75
Old Aurora 76-150 East Riverside <75
Ponchartrain Park 76-150 Florida Dev <75
B.W. Cooper 151-300 Garden District <75
Bayou St. John 151-300 Iberville <75
Dillard 151-300
Lake Terrace &
Oaks <75
Dixon 151-300 McDonogh <75
Fairgrounds 151-300
New Aurora-
English Turn <75
Fischer Dev 151-300 St. Thomas Dev <75
French Quarter 151-300 Tall Timbers <75
Freret 151-300 Touro <75
Leonidas 151-300 West Riverside <75
Marlyville-
Fontainebleau 151-300 Whitney <75
Navarre 151-300
St. Bernard Area 151-300
Uptown 151-300

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Married Households
Protective Factor
The percent of households
with children under the age of 18
years that include married
couples is selected as a
protective factor because
marriage is associated with
better opportunity and healthier
home life for a child. “[Children
in] two-parent families have a
higher standard of living, receive
more effective parenting,
experience more cooperative
co-parenting, are emotionally
closer to both parents, and are
subjected to fewer stressful
events
and circumstances” when
compared to children who do
not live in two parent families.xvii
As more data becomes available,
we would like to include
households that may not be
married but still are two-parent
households.
Data to calculate this
indicator was gathered from the
2007-2011 American
Community Survey 5-Year
Estimates report on households
and families.
NO HOUSEHOLDS WITH
CHILDREN UNDER 18 YEARS: City
Park, Viavant
LOW-MODERATE
4th Quartile 3rd Quartile
B.W. Cooper 0.0 St. Thomas Development 23.9
Fischer Dev 0.0 Bayou St. John 24.2
Iberville 0.0 U.S. Naval Base 27.3
West Lake Forest 2.9 Gentilly Terrace 27.4
Dixon 8.2 St. Bernard Area 27.4
Gert Town 9.5 Seventh Ward 27.7
Treme-Lafitte 11.7 Leonidas 28.5
Plum Orchard 12.7 Florida Area 30.6
Lower 9th Ward 13.3 Little Woods 32.4
Freret 16.3 Central City 33.3
Desire Area/Development 18.9 St. Roch 33.8
Hollygrove 19.1 Behrman 34.1
St. Claude 19.8 Milan 35.0
Navarre 21.0 Tulane-Gravier 35.2
St. Anthony 21.2 Fairgrounds 41.8
Milneburg 23.0 Ponchartrain Park 41.8
Dillard 23.2
MODERATE-HIGH
HIGH PROTECTIVE FACTOR
(4)
2nd Quartile 1st Quartile
Marigny 42.6 West End 60.7
Gentilly Woods 43.3 Read Boulevard East 60.9
Holy Cross 44.0 Old Aurora 61.5
Mid-City 45.1 Bywater 63.0
East Riverside 47.3 Village de L’Est 64.5
Tall Timbers 48.5 Algiers 65.8
East Carrollton 48.7 Lower Garden District 67.0
Pines Village 49.4 French Quarter 67.4
Black Pearl 49.6 West Riverside 68.5
McDonogh 51.9 Lakeview 76.6
Whitney 52.5 Lakeshore-Lake Vista 78.6
Irish Channel 52.5 Audubon 81.0
Broadmoor 54.5 Touro 82.3
Fillmore 55.1 Lake Catherine 82.4
New Aurora-English Turn 56.1 Lakewood 83.3
Marlyville-Fontainebleau 56.4 Central Business District 90.6
Read Blvd West 57.3 Lake Terrace and Oaks 95.3
Uptown 58.4 Garden District 98.4
Area %
Orleans Parish 44.7
Louisiana 61.3
United States 68.4
NO HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN UNDER 18 YEARS:
City Park, Florida Development

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Availability of Green
Space
Protective Factor
Public areas and green
spaces are protective factors for
individuals and a community’s
health. This indicator helps
gauge whether residents have
access to spaces to exercise and
play. People engaging in an
active lifestyle have a reduced
risk of many serious health
conditions including obesity,
heart disease, diabetes, and high
blood pressure. In addition,
physical activity improves mood
and promotes healthy sleep
patterns. People are more likely
to engage in physical activity if
their community has facilities
which support recreational
activities, sports and fitness.xviii
This is particularly important for
children who are recommended
to get at least 60 minutes of
rigorous exercise three days per
week. xix Additionally, pregnant
women are recommended to get
2.5 hours of exercise per week.xx
Healthy NOLA
Neighborhoods database lists
the acres of park space and
community gardens in each
neighborhood. The number of
acres was divided by the
population and multiplied by
1000. The population for each
neighborhood can also be found
through Louisiana Public Health
Institute’s Healthy NOLA
Neighborhoods.
No Green Spaces
Black Pearl Holy Cross
Dillard Iberville
Dixon Lake Catherine
East Carrollton Marlyville-
Fontainebleau
Fischer
Development
St. Claude
Florida Area Viavant
4th Quartile
Neighborhood Ratio
Freret 0.06
Broadmoor 0.09
Garden District 0.16
Lake Terrace & Oaks 0.16
Gentilly Terrace 0.19
St. Thomas Development 0.23
Mid City 0.29
Algiers Point 0.33
Bywater 0.33
Central City 0.33
West Riverside 0.38
Lake View 0.41
Seventh Ward 0.45
U.S. Naval Base 0.45
MODERATE-HIGH PROTECTIVE
FACTOR (3)
2nd Quartile
Neighborhood Ratio
Gert Town 1.22
Milneberg 1.23
Little Woods 1.31
Pines Village 1.32
Bayou St. John 1.33
Fairgrounds 1.35
Fillmore 1.37
Plum Orchard 1.50
Tulane-Gravier 1.51
French Quarter 1.57
Whitney 1.59
St. Anthony 1.65
Village De Lest 1.65
Gentilly Woods 2.13
Navarre 2.26
1st Quartile
Neighborhood Ratio
Lakewood 2.28
Lower 9th Ward 4.01
B.W. Cooper 5.21
Behrman 5.31
Central Business
District 5.67
Desire
Development/Area 5.99
West End 7.28
Treme Lafitte 8.28
St. Bernard Area 11.7
Audubon 19.86
New Aurora-English
Turn 24.2
Read Blvd. East 22.92
Pontchartrain Park 107.62
City Park 418.76
FACTOR (2)
3rd Quartile
Neighborhood Ratio
Lakeshore- Lake Vista 0.49
Milan 0.49
Hollygrove 0.55
Touro 0.60
Old Aurora 0.61
Irish Channel 0.62
Lower Garden District 0.64
Leonidas 0.65
Read Blvd. West 0.76
Marigny 0.84
Tall Timbers- Brechtel 0.87
St. Roch 0.93
Uptown 0.96
West Lake Forrest 1.07
East Riverside 1.11
NO DATA AVAILABLE FOR McDonogh

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Section 2: Neighborhood Snapshots
This section provides neighborhood snapshots of each New Orleans neighborhood. The snapshots include basic
demographic information for the neighborhood4, a table with all the risk and protective factors for the
neighborhood, and a small map of the neighborhood boundaries5. In the top right corner of the snapshot is a set of
three scores. Figure 1 below explains what each of the scores means. These scores are used to assess and compare
the overall level of risk or protection in each neighborhood.
Figure 1: Explanation of Neighborhood Scores
4 All demographic information is taken from GNOCDC Neighborhood Data Profiles.
5 The maps are taken from Google Maps and are to serve as a general frame of reference for the location of the neighborhood. The boundaries
may not match up exactly with what is defined by GNOCDC.
Equals the difference when the risk score is subtracted
from the protective score. The higher this score is, the
more protective a neighborhood is; the lower this score
is, the more risk children in the neighborhood experience.
The average quartile ranking for protective
factors in this neighborhood
The average quartile ranking for risk factors
in this neighborhood made into a negative
number
(12th)
Overall neighborhood rank

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Algiers Point (12th)
Risk Factor Rate
Quartile
Ranking
Health
% Low Birth Weight Births 0 0
# New HIV+ Cases N/A 3
Economic
Median Income as % of FPL 406 1
% of Population Experiencing
Housing Cost Burden
33.1 1
% of Children Under 18 Living in
Poverty
0 1
% Unemployed 3.1 1
% of Families Not Receiving Food
Stamps who Live below FPL
5.2 1
Ed.
% of Mothers who Gave Birth in the
Past 12 Months with Less than a H.S.
Diploma
11.3 2
Social
Homicides per 1000 People 0.14 2
% of Births to Unmarried Mothers 40.3 1
Teen Birth Rate 0 1
# of Blighted Properties <75 1
Protective Factor Rate
Quartile
Ranking
Health
# Healthcare Facilities in/near
Neighborhood
N/A 2
Econ.
Rate of households with no private
vehicle compared to the number of
public transit vehicles passing
through the neighborhood each day
2.06 2
Educ.
% of Children Ages 3-4 Enrolled in
Preschool
100 4
# of Childcare Facilities per
Population under 6 Years
0 0
Social&
Comm
% Households Married with Children
<18 Years Old
65.8 4
Acres of Park(s) and Public
Space(s)/1000 People
0.33 1
Composite Score: 0.92
Protective Score: 2.17
Risk Score: -1.25
Demographic Data for Algiers
Point (70114)
Total Population 2,455
% of Total Orleans
Parish Population 5
Years and Under
0.70%
Racial Make-up
Black 22.5% White 68.9%
Asian 0.8% Hispanic 6.5%
Other 1.8%
Age Distribution
5 years & under 7.0%
6-17 years 9.0%
18-49 years 49.5%
50+ years 34.6%

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Italicized Neighborhoods denote neighborhoods where the average LBW rate is
estimated due to reporting restrictions on less than 5 births per census tract.
Audubon (4th)
Risk Factor Rate
Quartile
Ranking
Health
% Low Birth Weight Births 6.8 1
Economic
Housing Cost Burden
51 1
Poverty
3.8 1
% Unemployed 5.7 1
15.2 3
Ed.
Diploma
3.2 1
Social
Teen Birth Rate 0.0 1
Quartile
Ranking
Health
Neighborhood
N/A 0
Econ.
1.17 3
Educ.
Preschool
62.9 2
0.9 3
Social&
Comm
<18 Years Old
81.0 4
5.21 4
Risk Score: -1.25
Demographic Data for Audubon
(70118)
% of Total Orleans
Parish Population 5
Years and Under
2.60%
Racial Make-up
Black 4.3% White 85%
Asian 3.2% Hispanic 5%
Other 1.9%
Age Make-Up
6-17 years 8.8%
18-49 years 62%
50+ years 24.9%

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B.W. Cooper (55th)
Risk Factor Rate
Quartile
Ranking
Health
Economic
Housing Cost Burden
39.7 1
Poverty
15.5 1
% Unemployed 39.1 4
NO AVAILABLE
DATA
Ed.
Diploma
35.5 4
Social
# of Blighted Properties 151-300 2
Quartile
Ranking
Health
Neighborhood
N/A 2
Econ.
1.41 3
Educ.
Preschool
NO AVAILABLE
DATA
0 0
Social&
Comm
<18 Years Old
0.0 0
5.21 4
Composite Score: -1.11
Risk Score: -2.91
Demographic Data for B.W. Cooper
(701125, 70113)
Total Population 806
% of Total Orleans
Parish Population 5
Years and Under
0.30%
Racial Make-up
Other 1.3%
Age Distribution
6-17 years 16.0%
18-49 years 43.2%
Over 50+ years 30.1%

35
Italicized Neighborhoods denote neighborhoods where the rate is estimated due
Bayou St. John (26th)
Risk Factor Rate
Quartile
Ranking
Health
Economic
Housing Cost Burden
54.5 1
Poverty
28.6 2
% Unemployed 9.6 2
14.8 2
Ed.
Diploma
22.4 3
Social
Quartile
Ranking
Health
Neighborhood
N/A 3
Econ.
2.45 2
Educ.
Preschool
66.1 3
0.4 1
Social&
Comm
<18 Years Old
24.2 2
1.33 3
Risk Score: 2.25
Demographic Data for Bayou St. John
(70119)
% of Total Orleans
Parish Population 5
Years and Under
0.90%
Racial Make-up
Other 1.8%
Age Distribution
6-17 years 11.0%
18-49 years 51.2%

36
Italicized Neighborhoods denote neighborhoods where the rate is estimated due
Behrman (31st)
Risk Factor Rate
Quartile
Ranking
Health
Economic
Housing Cost Burden
64.8 3
Poverty
41.9 3
% Unemployed 13.1 3
13.2 2
Ed.
Diploma
35.6 4
Social
Quartile
Ranking
Health
Neighborhood
N/A 4
Econ.
7.24 1
Educ.
Preschool
51.2 2
1.5 4
Social&
Comm
<18 Years Old
34.1 2
5.31 4
Risk Score: -3.17
Demographic Data for Behrman
(70114)
% of Total Orleans
Parish Population 5
Years and Under
2.80%
Racial Make-up
Other 1.6%
Age Distribution
6-17 years 18.6%
18-49 years 43.5%

37
Italicized Neighborhoods denote neighborhoods where the rate is estimated due to reporting restrictions on less than 5
births per census tract.
Black Pearl (13th)
Risk Factor Rate
Quartile
Ranking
Health
% Low Birth Weight Births 0 0
Economic
Housing Cost Burden
62.7 2
Poverty
3.9 1
% Unemployed 4.8 1
21.5 4
Ed.
Diploma
7.4 2
Social
Quartile
Ranking
Health
Neighborhood
N/A 0
Econ.
0.89 4
Educ.
Preschool
100 4
1.3 4
Social&
Comm
<18 Years Old
49.6 3
0 0
Risk Score: -1.67
Demographic Data for Black Pearl
(70118)
% of Total Orleans
Parish Population 5
Years and Under
0.30%
Racial Make-up
Other 2.4%
Age Distribution
6-17 years 7.4%
18-49 years 82.8%

38
Italicized Neighborhoods denote neighborhoods where the rate is estimated due to reporting restrictions on less than 5 births per
census tract.
Broadmoor (27th)
Risk Factor Rate
Quartile
Ranking
Health
Economic
Housing Cost Burden
61.8 2
Poverty
35.7 3
% Unemployed 13.8 3
13.1 2
Ed.
Diploma
16.0 2
Social
Quartile
Ranking
Health
Neighborhood
N/A 2
Econ.
2.56 2
Educ.
Preschool
76.1 3
0.9 3
Social&
Comm
<18 Years Old
54.5 3
0.09 1
Risk Score: -2.33
Demographic Data for Broadmoor
(70125)
% of Total Orleans
Parish Population 5
Years and Under
1.30%
Racial Make-up
Other 2.3%
Age Distribution
6-17 years 15.7%
18-49 years 49.3%

39
Italicized Neighborhoods denote neighborhoods where the rate is estimated due to reporting restrictions on less than 5 births per
census tract.
Bywater (48th)
Risk Factor Rate
Quartile
Ranking
Health
Economic
Housing Cost Burden
62.7 2
Poverty
43.0 3
% Unemployed 12.6 3
17.5 3
Ed.
Diploma
29.5 3
Social
Quartile
Ranking
Health
Neighborhood
N/A 4
Econ.
4.70 1
Educ.
Preschool
0 0
0.7 2
Social&
Comm
<18 Years Old
63.0 4
0.33 1
Risk Score: -2.92
Demographic Data for Bywater
(70117)
% of Total Orleans
Parish Population 5
Years and Under
0.50%
Racial Make-up
Other 3.3%
Age Distribution
6-17 years 7.2%
18-49 years 56.4%

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