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 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.
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.
County health rankings provides average number of mentally unhealthy days reported in past 30 days (age-adjusted), by county. Counties can be compared and contrasted with easy data and map export.
The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington analyzed the performance of all 3,142 US counties or county-equivalents in terms of life expectancy at birth, mortality rates for select causes, alcohol use, smoking prevalence, obesity prevalence, and recommended physical activity using novel small area estimation techniques and the most up-to-date county-level information.
County health rankings provides years of potential life lost before age 75, per 100,000 population (age-adjusted), by county. Counties can be compared and contrasted with easy data and map export.
In 2013, an estimated 32% of Marion County adults reported that they had been diagnosed with hypertension which was similar to the national rate of 31.4%. A 32% hypertension prevalence translates to almost 219,000 Marion County adults that have been diagnosed with hypertension. The prevalence of hypertension in Marion County among Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) sample years between 2003 and 2013 did not vary significantly. Hypertension is not evenly distributed spatially throughout Marion County. The prevalence of hypertension ranged from 25% to 43.4% among Marion County Public Health Department planning areas in 2012. (DR2647).
United Way has conducted research looking at state, national, and county data for 2016. According to their website, it looks at measuring and understanding the struggles of the growing number of households in our communities that do not earn enough to afford basic necessities, a population called ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed). According to this research, 29.2% of Marion County households do not earn enough to afford basic necessities.
Medicaid Births in Marion County, by zip code, ranged from 16.8% in 46220 to 83.1% in 46241 during 2017 (DR4013).
The USDA Food Access Research Atlas:
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.
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.
This map illustrates life expectancy rates by zip code in Marion County in 2015 (DR3031).
