Connected Terms: • Lung Diseases, Obstructive • Asthma • Wounds and Injuries • Birth Weight • Patient Care • Hospitalization • Prenatal Care • Feeding Behavior • Breast Feeding • Smoking • Tobacco Smoking • Violence • Domestic Violence • Intimate Partner Violence • Infant, Newborn • Infant, Low Birth Weight • Infant, Premature • Medically Uninsured • Health Status • Health Status Disparities • Nutritional Status • Social Determinants of Health • Child Health • Infant Health • Women's Health • Maternal Health • Socioeconomic Factors • Educational Status • Employment • Unemployment • Income • Poverty • Food Assistance • Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) • Insurance Coverage • Insurance, Health • Accidents • 2012 Marion County Public Health Department Commuity Health Assessment Survey • Fetal Mortality • Infant Mortality • Perinatal Mortality • Maternal Mortality • Mortality, Premature • Pregnancy Rate • Parity • Pregnancy in Adolescence
This link is to the Marion County Public Health Department's comprehensive community health assessment (CHA) report on the chronic and infectious disease, environmental health, built environment and social determinates of health affecting Marion County residents 12-17 years of age. For the complete CHA report (all age groups), please refer to http://marionhealth.org/mcphd-community-health-assessment-2014/ instead of the above link.
This link is to the Marion County Public Health Department's comprehensive community health assessment (CHA) report on the chronic and infectious disease, environmental health, built environment and social determinates of health affecting Marion County residents 5-11 years of age. For the complete CHA report (all age groups), please refer to http://marionhealth.org/mcphd-community-health-assessment-2014/ instead of the above link.
This link is to the Marion County Public Health Department's comprehensive community health assessment (CHA) report on maternal, infant, and young child (0-4 years of age) health. For the complete CHA report (all age groups), please refer to http://marionhealth.org/mcphd-community-health-assessment-2014/ instead of the above link.
Substance use continues to be a major public health concern, negatively impacting a variety of health, legal, and social outcomes. Nearly one-fourth of Hoosiers ages 12 and older engaged in binge drinking in the past month and one-tenth used an illicit substance. Furthermore, 7% of Indiana residents met criteria for substance use disorder (SUD) in the past year and 6.5% needed but did not receive treatment for their SUD.
Of particular concern is polysubstance use, or the use of two or more substances over a defined period, simultaneously or at differing times, for recreational purposes. In over 70% of admissions to substance use treatment in Indiana, the use of multiple substances was indicated, with 30% reporting the use of two drugs and nearly 41% reporting the use of three drugs.
During state fiscal year 2018, a total of 10,483 children were removed from their parents by the Department of Child Services in Indiana; almost two-thirds (64%) of these removals were due to parental alcohol and/or drug use.
County health rankings provides the percentage of children under age 19 without health insurance, by Indiana county. Counties can be compared and contrasted with easy data export.
County health rankings provides the percentage of adults under age 65 without health insurance, by Indiana county. Counties can be compared and contrasted with easy data export.
County health rankings provides the percentage of the population under age 65 without health insurance, by Indiana county. Counties can be compared and contrasted with easy data and map export.
County health rankings provides the percentage of the adult population (age 20 and older) that reports a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 30 kg/m2, by county. Counties can be compared and contrasted with easy data and map export.
County health rankings provides the percentage of live births with low birthweight (< 2,500 grams), by county. Counties can be compared and contrasted with easy data and map export.
County health rankings provides the percentage of adults reporting fair or poor health (age-adjusted), by county. Counties can be compared and contrasted with easy data and map export.
A report to the Community regarding the Marion County Public Health Department delivering on all of the ten essential services of public health. These services are: monitoring health, diagnosing and investigating health hazards, informing and educating about health issues, mobilizing partnerships, developing health policies, enforcing environmental laws, access to care, assuring a competent public health workforce, evaluating health services, and researching public health concerns.
County health rankings provides diabetes prevalence among Indiana adults, by county. Counties can be compared and contrasted with easy data export.
The prevalence of obesity in Marion County adults was 27.4 per 100,000 residents in 2016 as compared to 24.7 per 100,000 in 2003. The change in diabetes prevalence was more noticeable, increasing from 8.6 per 100,000 in 2003 to 13.4 per 100,000. (DR3605).
Violent crimes consist of murder, rape, robbery, assault, property crime, burglary, larceny, and motor theft. These crimes often influence the safety and wellbeing of a community. The rate of violent crime in Marion County is three times that of Indiana or the U.S. and has been trending higher since at least 2012 (DR3774).
The percentage of the population living below Federal Poverty Guidline is significantly higher for Marion County than it is for Indiana and the U.S. Racial minorities and individuals with low educational attainment experience a disproportionate burden of poverty in Marion County, DR3780.
The adolescent pregnancy rate has decreased from 2012 to 2017 in Marion County. Hispanic teens have the highest rates, followed by Black non-Hispanic female teens. From 2016 to 2017, the adolescent pregnancy rate decreased for all races, but increased for Hispanic adolescents (DR3841).
In 2018, at least 26% of Marion County adults (1 out of 4) have been diagnosed with depression by a health care provider at some point in their lives; whereas, at least 14% of adults experienced mental distress (mentally unhealthy days at least for 10 days a month).
This fact sheet describes opiod overdose and illustrates that Marion County: has higher or similar rates of overdose deaths than many other counties; had an increasing rate of opoid overdose deaths in recent years; and had a majority of overdose deaths involving opioids, DR3788.
Neonatal and infant mortality rates among racial/ethnic minority residents were higher than among White residents of Marion County during 2016 and 2017. Black residents carried the highest burden of disease with rates more than twice that of White residents (DR3737).
Non-Hispanic Black women in Marion County had higher rates of infant mortality, often double the rate of their non-Hispanic white counterparts. Furthermore, non-Hispanic black infants are born with low birth weight almost twice as often as their non-Hispanic White peers, with rates staying between 12%-15% over the past 10 years. Hispanic women have the lowest rates of low birth weight, never exceeding 8% during the ten-year period. Non-Hispanic white women have higher rates of low birth weight births than Hispanic women, but lower rates than non-Hispanic blacks and overall Marion County rates, DR3484).
Life expectancy and other health measures were used in this fact sheet to illustrate differences in health equity among Marion County residents. Life expectancy in Marion County has been stable since 2007 and is similar to that in Indiana and the U.S. overall, but differs within Marion County by both race and place. African American residents experienced a life expectancy of 73.7 years in 2016, compared to 78.3 years for white residents. The diabetes mortality rate among African Americans (39 per 100,000) was also higher than that of their white peers (25 per 100,000). Breast feeding initiation rates are also provided in this fact sheet, DR3780.
A racial inequity in homicide rates persisted between 2012 and 2017 such that non-Hispanic blacks experience higher homicide rates comapred to non-Hispanic whites. In 2017, the homicide rate of non-Hispanic blacks was approximately six times higher than that of non-Hispanic whites (DR3774).
The prevalence of homelessness in Marion County is estimated to be 179 per 100,000 as has been relatively steady since 2014. African Americans bear the greatest burden of homelessness in Indianapolis, followed by white residents, DR3794.
Among residents of Marion County zip codes 46221 and 46222 (combined), 69% of adult residents were current smokers in 2005, DR3632.
Summary report on results of the 2012 Marion County Community Health Assessment (CHA) survey.
This graph depicts prevelance of depression by gender in the year 2016 in Marion County where prevelance among women is nearly twice that of men, DR3490.
Gonorrhea rates were consistently higher among African American residents of Marion County, with Hispanic/Latinos experiencing the lowest incidence during the period 2012-2016 (DR3530).
HIV infection rates were relatively steady in Marion County during the period 2012-2016 with African Americans being more than twice as likely to have been diagnosed than their white peers, DR3506.
During 2016, black, non-Hispanic adults had a higher prevalence of diabetes than their white, non-Hispanic and Hispanic counterparts, DR3535.
This graphs illustrates life expectacy for Marion County residents from 2007-2016, both overall and by two races-white and black. White residents had consistently higher life expectancy over this ten year period, DR3568.
The maternal smoking rate among Marion County residents was highest among whites, followed by black and Hispanic residents (DR3484).
This graph shows the percentage of mothers who smoked during pregnancy by race/ethnicity from 2007-2016. During this period, white residents had the highest prevalence of maternal smoking, followed by black residents. Maternal smoking steadily declined during this period, DR3484.
This graph show the percentage of premature births (less than 37 weeks) in Marion County, by race/ethnicity, from 2007-2016 (DR3484).
This graph illustrates the percentage of mothers who initiated prenatal care in the first trimester from 2007-2016. During this period, non-Hispanic white women were more likely than their minority peers to have received prenatal care during the first trimester of their pregnancy (DR3484).
This graph show the percentage of very low birth weight births (less than 1,500 grams) in Marion County, by race/ethnicity, from 2007-2016 (DR3484).
This graph shows the percentage of low birth weight births (less than 2,500 grams) in Marion County from 2007-2016. African Americans had the highest rate of low birth weight births for all years reported (DR3484).
This graph shows the percentage of Marion County mothers who breast fed upon hospital release, by race/ethnicity, from 2007-2016 (DR3484).
This graph illustrates post-neonatal infant mortality rates (age 28-364 days) for Marion County by race/ethnicity from 2007-2016 (DR3484).
This graph illustrates neonatal infant mortality rates (age less than 28 days) by race/ethnicity from 2007-2016 (DR3484).
This graph shows infant mortality rates in Marion County by race/ethnicity from 2007-2016.
