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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.

Comparing70818Central, LA70123New Orleans, 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	Central70818 · LA	New Orleans70123 · LA
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	54.78	55.28 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#9,725of 32,066 US ZIPs	#9,120of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#18of 508 LA ZIPs	#16of 508 LA ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#4of 83 ZIPs in its metro area	#6of 67 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	Central70818 · LA	New Orleans70123 · LA
ZipVitals Score	54.78	55.28 Leads
National rank	#9,725of 32,066 US ZIPs	#9,120of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#18of 508 LA ZIPs	#16of 508 LA ZIPs
Metro rank	#4of 83 ZIPs in its metro area	#6of 67 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 — 70818: Baton Rouge, LA · 70123: New Orleans-Metairie, 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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Environmental Hazard14% of the score 70818 leads · 15-point gap
70818Central		healthier than 48% · 30% in Louisiana, 63% in its metro area	1 of 2
70123New Orleans		healthier than 33% · 20% in Louisiana, 25% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 70123 leads · 15-point gap
70123New Orleans		healthier than 80% · 73% in Louisiana, 38% in its metro area	1 of 2
70818Central		healthier than 65% · 53% in Louisiana, 40% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 70123 leads · 12-point gap
70123New Orleans		healthier than 42% · 97% in Louisiana, 91% in its metro area	1 of 2
70818Central		healthier than 30% · 92% in Louisiana, 82% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 70818 leads · 4-point gap
70818Central		healthier than 60% · 97% in Louisiana, 92% in its metro area	1 of 2
70123New Orleans		healthier than 56% · 96% in Louisiana, 95% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 70123 leads · 3-point gap
70123New Orleans		healthier than 6% · 46% in Louisiana, 59% in its metro area	1 of 2
70818Central		healthier than 3% · 31% in Louisiana, 38% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 70818 leads · 2-point gap
70818Central		healthier than 96% · 98% in Louisiana, 95% in its metro area	1 of 2
70123New Orleans		healthier than 94% · 97% in Louisiana, 95% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 70123 leads · 2-point gap
70123New Orleans		healthier than 71% · 96% in Louisiana, 93% in its metro area	1 of 2
70818Central		healthier than 69% · 95% in Louisiana, 91% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 70818 leads · 1-point gap
70818Central		healthier than 82% · 98% in Louisiana, 98% in its metro area	1 of 2
70123New Orleans		healthier than 81% · 98% in Louisiana, 93% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the scoretied — no single leader
70818Central		healthier than 66% · 87% in Louisiana, 75% in its metro area	=1 of 2
70123New Orleans		healthier than 66% · 87% in Louisiana, 79% 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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New Orleans vs. Central

New Orleans 70123 · LALEADS55.28

Central 70818 · LA54.78

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

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