Connected Terms: • Medically Uninsured • Health Services Accessibility
This document provides information and data on demographics, health, economy, and the social and physical environment of Marion County.
County health rankings provides the ratio of population to non-physician primary care physicians, by Indiana county. Counties can be compared and contrasted with easy data and map export.
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 ratio of population to dentists, by Indiana county. Counties can be compared and contrasted with easy data and map export.
County health rankings provides the ratio of population to mental health providers, by Indiana county. Counties can be compared and contrasted with easy data and map export.
County health rankings provides the ratio of population to primary care physicians, by Indiana county. Counties can be compared and contrasted with easy data and map 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.
The following link provides a definition of health equity by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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.
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.
Summary report on results of the 2012 Marion County Community Health Assessment (CHA) survey.
