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Counties with the lowest life expectancy in Indiana
Among 92 Indiana counties with published values, the counties with the lowest life expectancy are Scott County, IN (69.1, against the U.S. county median of 75.3), Fayette County, IN (70.2, against the U.S. county median of 75.3) and Grant County, IN (70.8, against the U.S. county median of 75.3). Values are years.
Source: County Health Rankings, built from CDC National Vital Statistics System death records. These are county-level figures, compared with the U.S. county median. A high rate does not prove an environmental cause: age, smoking, income, access to care, screening and chance all move county rates, and small counties swing widely.
All Indiana counties, lowest first
Life expectancy, years.
| Rank | County | State | Value | U.S. county median | Times reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott County | IN | 69.1 | 75.3 | 0.92x |
| 2 | Fayette County | IN | 70.2 | 75.3 | 0.93x |
| 3 | Grant County | IN | 70.8 | 75.3 | 0.94x |
| 4 | Blackford County | IN | 71.8 | 75.3 | 0.95x |
| 5 | Starke County | IN | 72.1 | 75.3 | 0.96x |
| 6 | Pulaski County | IN | 72.2 | 75.3 | 0.96x |
| 7 | Wayne County | IN | 72.3 | 75.3 | 0.96x |
| 8 | Washington County | IN | 72.5 | 75.3 | 0.96x |
| 9 | Delaware County | IN | 72.6 | 75.3 | 0.96x |
| 10 | Jennings County | IN | 72.7 | 75.3 | 0.97x |
| 11 | Owen County | IN | 72.8 | 75.3 | 0.97x |
| 12 | Crawford County | IN | 72.9 | 75.3 | 0.97x |
| 13 | Howard County | IN | 73 | 75.3 | 0.97x |
| 14 | Marion County | IN | 73 | 75.3 | 0.97x |
| 15 | Jay County | IN | 73.1 | 75.3 | 0.97x |
| 16 | Clark County | IN | 73.2 | 75.3 | 0.97x |
| 17 | Madison County | IN | 73.2 | 75.3 | 0.97x |
| 18 | Newton County | IN | 73.6 | 75.3 | 0.98x |
| 19 | Fulton County | IN | 73.7 | 75.3 | 0.98x |
| 20 | Harrison County | IN | 73.7 | 75.3 | 0.98x |
| 21 | Jefferson County | IN | 73.7 | 75.3 | 0.98x |
| 22 | Knox County | IN | 73.7 | 75.3 | 0.98x |
| 23 | Vigo County | IN | 73.7 | 75.3 | 0.98x |
| 24 | Fountain County | IN | 73.8 | 75.3 | 0.98x |
| 25 | Lawrence County | IN | 73.8 | 75.3 | 0.98x |
| 26 | Randolph County | IN | 73.8 | 75.3 | 0.98x |
| 27 | Wabash County | IN | 73.9 | 75.3 | 0.98x |
| 28 | Decatur County | IN | 74 | 75.3 | 0.98x |
| 29 | Henry County | IN | 74 | 75.3 | 0.98x |
| 30 | Switzerland County | IN | 74 | 75.3 | 0.98x |
| 31 | Greene County | IN | 74.1 | 75.3 | 0.98x |
| 32 | Miami County | IN | 74.1 | 75.3 | 0.98x |
| 33 | Vanderburgh County | IN | 74.1 | 75.3 | 0.98x |
| 34 | Orange County | IN | 74.2 | 75.3 | 0.99x |
| 35 | Pike County | IN | 74.2 | 75.3 | 0.99x |
| 36 | LaPorte County | IN | 74.3 | 75.3 | 0.99x |
| 37 | Vermillion County | IN | 74.3 | 75.3 | 0.99x |
| 38 | Clinton County | IN | 74.4 | 75.3 | 0.99x |
| 39 | Lake County | IN | 74.4 | 75.3 | 0.99x |
| 40 | Benton County | IN | 74.5 | 75.3 | 0.99x |
| 41 | Floyd County | IN | 74.6 | 75.3 | 0.99x |
| 42 | Ripley County | IN | 74.7 | 75.3 | 0.99x |
| 43 | Huntington County | IN | 74.8 | 75.3 | 0.99x |
| 44 | Cass County | IN | 74.9 | 75.3 | 0.99x |
| 45 | Clay County | IN | 74.9 | 75.3 | 0.99x |
| 46 | Rush County | IN | 75 | 75.3 | 1x |
| 47 | Jackson County | IN | 75.1 | 75.3 | 1x |
| 48 | St. Joseph County | IN | 75.1 | 75.3 | 1x |
| 49 | Union County | IN | 75.1 | 75.3 | 1x |
| 50 | Sullivan County | IN | 75.2 | 75.3 | 1x |
| 51 | Jasper County | IN | 75.3 | 75.3 | 1x |
| 52 | Morgan County | IN | 75.3 | 75.3 | 1x |
| 53 | White County | IN | 75.3 | 75.3 | 1x |
| 54 | Allen County | IN | 75.6 | 75.3 | 1x |
| 55 | Montgomery County | IN | 75.6 | 75.3 | 1x |
| 56 | Shelby County | IN | 75.6 | 75.3 | 1x |
| 57 | DeKalb County | IN | 75.8 | 75.3 | 1.01x |
| 58 | Martin County | IN | 75.8 | 75.3 | 1.01x |
| 59 | Noble County | IN | 75.8 | 75.3 | 1.01x |
| 60 | Putnam County | IN | 75.8 | 75.3 | 1.01x |
| 61 | Marshall County | IN | 75.9 | 75.3 | 1.01x |
| 62 | Tipton County | IN | 75.9 | 75.3 | 1.01x |
| 63 | Bartholomew County | IN | 76 | 75.3 | 1.01x |
| 64 | Daviess County | IN | 76.1 | 75.3 | 1.01x |
| 65 | Kosciusko County | IN | 76.1 | 75.3 | 1.01x |
| 66 | Dearborn County | IN | 76.2 | 75.3 | 1.01x |
| 67 | Elkhart County | IN | 76.2 | 75.3 | 1.01x |
| 68 | Johnson County | IN | 76.2 | 75.3 | 1.01x |
| 69 | Gibson County | IN | 76.3 | 75.3 | 1.01x |
| 70 | Spencer County | IN | 76.3 | 75.3 | 1.01x |
| 71 | Franklin County | IN | 76.6 | 75.3 | 1.02x |
| 72 | Brown County | IN | 76.7 | 75.3 | 1.02x |
| 73 | Wells County | IN | 76.7 | 75.3 | 1.02x |
| 74 | Warrick County | IN | 76.9 | 75.3 | 1.02x |
| 75 | Adams County | IN | 77 | 75.3 | 1.02x |
| 76 | Porter County | IN | 77 | 75.3 | 1.02x |
| 77 | Hancock County | IN | 77.2 | 75.3 | 1.03x |
| 78 | Perry County | IN | 77.3 | 75.3 | 1.03x |
| 79 | Steuben County | IN | 77.4 | 75.3 | 1.03x |
| 80 | Monroe County | IN | 77.5 | 75.3 | 1.03x |
| 81 | Tippecanoe County | IN | 77.6 | 75.3 | 1.03x |
| 82 | Warren County | IN | 77.6 | 75.3 | 1.03x |
| 83 | Dubois County | IN | 77.8 | 75.3 | 1.03x |
| 84 | Whitley County | IN | 77.8 | 75.3 | 1.03x |
| 85 | Parke County | IN | 77.9 | 75.3 | 1.03x |
| 86 | Ohio County | IN | 78 | 75.3 | 1.04x |
| 87 | Boone County | IN | 78.2 | 75.3 | 1.04x |
| 88 | Carroll County | IN | 78.3 | 75.3 | 1.04x |
| 89 | Posey County | IN | 78.3 | 75.3 | 1.04x |
| 90 | Hendricks County | IN | 78.6 | 75.3 | 1.04x |
| 91 | LaGrange County | IN | 78.6 | 75.3 | 1.04x |
| 92 | Hamilton County | IN | 80.7 | 75.3 | 1.07x |