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.
This document provides information and data on demographics, health, economy, and the social and physical environment of Marion County.
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.
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.
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 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).
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.
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.
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]
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.
Accidents continue to be a top cause of death among middle age residents in Marion County, DR3563.
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 shows the percentage of Marion County mothers who breast fed upon hospital release, by race/ethnicity, from 2007-2016 (DR3484).
