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Line up 2–5 ZIP codes and read the ZipVitals Score, both ranks, and every scoring domain against the same national scale. Descriptive of documented conditions — never a verdict on the people who live there.

Comparing70053Gretna, LA70615Lake Charles, LA2–5 ZIPs · 2 selected

ZipVitals Score and its national and state ranks, compared across 2 ZIP codes. Higher is healthier. The nine scoring domains follow, one table each.
Metric	Gretna70053 · LA	Lake Charles70615 · LA
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	37.73 Leads	32.99
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#28,173of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#30,046of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#293of 508 LA ZIPs	#387of 508 LA ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#47of 67 ZIPs in its metro area	#22of 25 ZIPs in its metro area

ZipVitals Score and its national and state ranks, compared across 2 ZIP codes. Higher is healthier. The nine scoring domains follow, one table each.
Metric	Gretna70053 · LA	Lake Charles70615 · LA
ZipVitals Score	37.73 Leads	32.99
National rank	#28,173of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#30,046of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#293of 508 LA ZIPs	#387of 508 LA ZIPs
Metro rank	#47of 67 ZIPs in its metro area	#22of 25 ZIPs in its metro area

ZipVitals Score — Composite of 9 scoring domainsNational rank, State rank and Metro rank — Among ZIPs with a computed score

Metro areas — 70053: New Orleans-Metairie, LA · 70615: Lake Charles, LA.

Where these ZIPs differ, domain by domain

Nine domains make up the ZipVitals Score. Each one is placed on the same national scale, and the domains where these ZIPs are furthest apart come first. Higher is healthier in every one.

Compared with the ZIP codes measured across all nine scoring domains — not with all US ZIP codes. How the score works, and who it compares you with ›

Every ranking, bar and gap below is measured against the same national group. Where a ZIP’s line also mentions its state or its metro area, that figure is measured against a different group — its own — so it is context for that one ZIP and never a comparison between them.

Furthest apart first

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Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 70053 leads · 11-point gap
70053Gretna		healthier than 13% · 69% in Louisiana, 75% in its metro area	1 of 2
70615Lake Charles		healthier than 2% · 30% in Louisiana, 38% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 70053 leads · 8-point gap
70053Gretna		healthier than 25% · 51% in Louisiana, 38% in its metro area	1 of 2
70615Lake Charles		healthier than 17% · 38% in Louisiana, 25% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 70053 leads · 5-point gap
70053Gretna		healthier than 15% · 69% in Louisiana, 46% in its metro area	1 of 2
70615Lake Charles		healthier than 10% · 47% in Louisiana, 54% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 70053 leads · 4-point gap
70053Gretna		healthier than 12% · 35% in Louisiana, 25% in its metro area	1 of 2
70615Lake Charles		healthier than 8% · 29% in Louisiana, 17% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 70615 leads · 4-point gap
70615Lake Charles		healthier than 82% · 74% in Louisiana, 96% in its metro area	1 of 2
70053Gretna		healthier than 78% · 70% in Louisiana, 34% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 70053 leads · 2-point gap
70053Gretna		healthier than 6% · 23% in Louisiana, 27% in its metro area	1 of 2
70615Lake Charles		healthier than 4% · 15% in Louisiana, 0% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 70053 leads · 2-point gap
70053Gretna		healthier than 4% · 23% in Louisiana, 21% in its metro area	1 of 2
70615Lake Charles		healthier than 2% · 10% in Louisiana, 4% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 70053 leads · 1-point gap
70053Gretna		healthier than 40% · 20% in Louisiana, 18% in its metro area	1 of 2
70615Lake Charles		healthier than 39% · 20% in Louisiana, 17% in its metro area	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the scoretied — no single leader
70053Gretna		healthier than 59% · 39% in Louisiana, 39% in its metro area	=1 of 2
70615Lake Charles		healthier than 59% · 39% in Louisiana, 46% in its metro area	=1 of 2

“Of the score” is the domain’s weight in the ZipVitals Score — a property of the score itself, the same on every ZIP. A gap is the distance between the highest and lowest of these ZIPs on that domain’s national scale. Percentages are rounded; higher is healthier in every domain.

Data release 2026 · higher is healthier on every row. How the ZipVitals Score is calculated →

The State rank and Metro rank rows show no “Leads” marker: each ZIP is ranked against the ZIPs in its own state and the ZIPs in its own metro area, so those ranks are not ordered against one another.

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Gretna vs. Lake Charles

Gretna 70053 · LALEADS37.73

Lake Charles 70615 · LA32.99

Data release 2026 · public federal and academic sources · higher is healthier

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