During 2016, overdose deaths per 100,000 population in Marion County fell below the rate found in Franklin and Hamilton Counties in Ohio and were similar to the rate in Jefferson County, KY. Marion County rates were significantly higher than those in other similar, midwest counties, Indiana overall, and the U.S. (DR3871).
There has been a stable increase in the obesity rate in Marion County from 2008-2018. Marion County obesity prevalence is higher than some other Midwest cities, but lower than the national rate. Males and non-Hispanic blacks have the highest prevalence of obesity (DR3769).
The age-adjusted suicide rate of Marion County residents from 1999 to 2017 did not change significantly. In 2017, the age-adjusted suicide mortality rate for Marion County was 13.7 per 100,000 residents, similar to that for 1999.
During 2018, prevalence of depression and mental distress in Marion County were negatively correlated with income. Those living in poverty carried the greatest burden of these disorders.
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).
Food security describes when people have access to safe and healthy food. Food insecurity may lead to an increased risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and overweight/obesity. Marion County has higher rates of food insecurity than Indiana and the U.S. as a whole. There was an increase in Marion County SNAP benefits from 2012-2015, and a slight decrease in 2016. About 21% of Marion County residents live in a food desert, DR3792.
This fact sheet on overdoses shows that Marion County has: higher rates of overdose that many other counties; an increasing rate of overdoses in recent years; and that a majority of overdose deaths involved opioids, DR3788.
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).
This mental health fact sheet was developed in 2018 to define mental health and depression and to illustrate health impacts, treatment, risk factors, and inequities related to depression in Marion County. It also graphically represents the age-adjusted suicide mortality trend in Marion County from 2008 to 2017. Other details include Indiana's national ranking for mental illness prevalence and mental health care access among adults, youth and children (DR3783).
In Marion County, the homicide rate among males was consistently higher than that of females between 2012 and 2017. In 2017, the homicide rate among males was approximately four times higher than that of females, DR3774.
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 homicide rate in Marion County increased between 2012 and 2017, reaching its highest in 2016 (DR3774).
Summary report on results of the 2012 Marion County Community Health Assessment (CHA) survey.
About 90% of primary and secondary syphilis cases in Marion County are in men. Case rates of primary and secondary syphilis for men who have sex with men (MSM) have remained much higher than for men who have sex with women only (MSW). In 2012, the estimated rate for MSM was about 78 times higher than for MSW, and in 2016, the estimated rate for MSM was about 80 times higher than for MSW. [DR3530]
The maternal smoking rate among Marion County residents was highest among whites, followed by black and Hispanic residents (DR3484).
