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Counties with the highest premature death rates in Indiana
Among 92 Indiana counties with published values, the counties with the highest premature death rates are Scott County, IN (15,830.6, 1.61 times the U.S. county median of 9,824.9), Fayette County, IN (15,442.4, 1.57 times the U.S. county median of 9,824.9) and Grant County, IN (14,895.2, 1.52 times the U.S. county median of 9,824.9). Values are years of life lost before 75 per 100,000.
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, highest first
Premature death, years of life lost before 75 per 100,000.
| Rank | County | State | Value | U.S. county median | Times reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott County | IN | 15,830.6 | 9,824.9 | 1.61x |
| 2 | Fayette County | IN | 15,442.4 | 9,824.9 | 1.57x |
| 3 | Grant County | IN | 14,895.2 | 9,824.9 | 1.52x |
| 4 | Blackford County | IN | 13,646.6 | 9,824.9 | 1.39x |
| 5 | Pulaski County | IN | 13,374.8 | 9,824.9 | 1.36x |
| 6 | Washington County | IN | 13,005 | 9,824.9 | 1.32x |
| 7 | Switzerland County | IN | 12,879.9 | 9,824.9 | 1.31x |
| 8 | Starke County | IN | 12,709.6 | 9,824.9 | 1.29x |
| 9 | Wayne County | IN | 12,656 | 9,824.9 | 1.29x |
| 10 | Delaware County | IN | 12,615 | 9,824.9 | 1.28x |
| 11 | Marion County | IN | 12,609.6 | 9,824.9 | 1.28x |
| 12 | Jennings County | IN | 12,252.3 | 9,824.9 | 1.25x |
| 13 | Owen County | IN | 12,176.1 | 9,824.9 | 1.24x |
| 14 | Howard County | IN | 12,108.6 | 9,824.9 | 1.23x |
| 15 | Jay County | IN | 12,021.2 | 9,824.9 | 1.22x |
| 16 | Harrison County | IN | 12,001.2 | 9,824.9 | 1.22x |
| 17 | Clark County | IN | 11,782.9 | 9,824.9 | 1.2x |
| 18 | Crawford County | IN | 11,674.8 | 9,824.9 | 1.19x |
| 19 | Madison County | IN | 11,656.1 | 9,824.9 | 1.19x |
| 20 | Fulton County | IN | 11,507.6 | 9,824.9 | 1.17x |
| 21 | LaPorte County | IN | 11,091.5 | 9,824.9 | 1.13x |
| 22 | Randolph County | IN | 11,074.6 | 9,824.9 | 1.13x |
| 23 | Wabash County | IN | 10,985.4 | 9,824.9 | 1.12x |
| 24 | Lake County | IN | 10,981.2 | 9,824.9 | 1.12x |
| 25 | Newton County | IN | 10,914.1 | 9,824.9 | 1.11x |
| 26 | Vigo County | IN | 10,892 | 9,824.9 | 1.11x |
| 27 | Vanderburgh County | IN | 10,888.5 | 9,824.9 | 1.11x |
| 28 | Jefferson County | IN | 10,875.4 | 9,824.9 | 1.11x |
| 29 | Fountain County | IN | 10,687.5 | 9,824.9 | 1.09x |
| 30 | Benton County | IN | 10,601.8 | 9,824.9 | 1.08x |
| 31 | Lawrence County | IN | 10,599.8 | 9,824.9 | 1.08x |
| 32 | Knox County | IN | 10,555.7 | 9,824.9 | 1.07x |
| 33 | Miami County | IN | 10,509.1 | 9,824.9 | 1.07x |
| 34 | Henry County | IN | 10,369.2 | 9,824.9 | 1.06x |
| 35 | Greene County | IN | 10,312.1 | 9,824.9 | 1.05x |
| 36 | Vermillion County | IN | 10,157.2 | 9,824.9 | 1.03x |
| 37 | Decatur County | IN | 10,090.8 | 9,824.9 | 1.03x |
| 38 | Pike County | IN | 10,057.4 | 9,824.9 | 1.02x |
| 39 | Martin County | IN | 10,011.1 | 9,824.9 | 1.02x |
| 40 | Union County | IN | 9,986.4 | 9,824.9 | 1.02x |
| 41 | Floyd County | IN | 9,964.1 | 9,824.9 | 1.01x |
| 42 | Cass County | IN | 9,871.1 | 9,824.9 | 1x |
| 43 | Rush County | IN | 9,853.8 | 9,824.9 | 1x |
| 44 | White County | IN | 9,851.3 | 9,824.9 | 1x |
| 45 | St. Joseph County | IN | 9,845.8 | 9,824.9 | 1x |
| 46 | Sullivan County | IN | 9,726.8 | 9,824.9 | 0.99x |
| 47 | Clinton County | IN | 9,708.8 | 9,824.9 | 0.99x |
| 48 | Ripley County | IN | 9,689.9 | 9,824.9 | 0.99x |
| 49 | Brown County | IN | 9,646.2 | 9,824.9 | 0.98x |
| 50 | Orange County | IN | 9,621.5 | 9,824.9 | 0.98x |
| 51 | Shelby County | IN | 9,558.8 | 9,824.9 | 0.97x |
| 52 | Allen County | IN | 9,524.1 | 9,824.9 | 0.97x |
| 53 | Huntington County | IN | 9,432.2 | 9,824.9 | 0.96x |
| 54 | Bartholomew County | IN | 9,280.7 | 9,824.9 | 0.94x |
| 55 | Marshall County | IN | 9,236.6 | 9,824.9 | 0.94x |
| 56 | Jackson County | IN | 9,171.5 | 9,824.9 | 0.93x |
| 57 | Jasper County | IN | 9,160.9 | 9,824.9 | 0.93x |
| 58 | Kosciusko County | IN | 9,156.2 | 9,824.9 | 0.93x |
| 59 | Montgomery County | IN | 9,100.3 | 9,824.9 | 0.93x |
| 60 | Clay County | IN | 9,097.1 | 9,824.9 | 0.93x |
| 61 | Spencer County | IN | 9,001 | 9,824.9 | 0.92x |
| 62 | Tipton County | IN | 8,921.8 | 9,824.9 | 0.91x |
| 63 | Elkhart County | IN | 8,847.4 | 9,824.9 | 0.9x |
| 64 | Franklin County | IN | 8,834.8 | 9,824.9 | 0.9x |
| 65 | Dearborn County | IN | 8,670.9 | 9,824.9 | 0.88x |
| 66 | Adams County | IN | 8,648.2 | 9,824.9 | 0.88x |
| 67 | Noble County | IN | 8,647 | 9,824.9 | 0.88x |
| 68 | Steuben County | IN | 8,642.4 | 9,824.9 | 0.88x |
| 69 | Morgan County | IN | 8,539 | 9,824.9 | 0.87x |
| 70 | Putnam County | IN | 8,445.9 | 9,824.9 | 0.86x |
| 71 | DeKalb County | IN | 8,444.7 | 9,824.9 | 0.86x |
| 72 | Johnson County | IN | 8,086.5 | 9,824.9 | 0.82x |
| 73 | Monroe County | IN | 8,007.9 | 9,824.9 | 0.82x |
| 74 | Gibson County | IN | 7,823.9 | 9,824.9 | 0.8x |
| 75 | Daviess County | IN | 7,723.6 | 9,824.9 | 0.79x |
| 76 | Parke County | IN | 7,682.3 | 9,824.9 | 0.78x |
| 77 | Tippecanoe County | IN | 7,581 | 9,824.9 | 0.77x |
| 78 | Posey County | IN | 7,520.6 | 9,824.9 | 0.77x |
| 79 | Carroll County | IN | 7,472.9 | 9,824.9 | 0.76x |
| 80 | Porter County | IN | 7,441.3 | 9,824.9 | 0.76x |
| 81 | Hancock County | IN | 7,433.7 | 9,824.9 | 0.76x |
| 82 | Warrick County | IN | 7,349.9 | 9,824.9 | 0.75x |
| 83 | Wells County | IN | 7,314.2 | 9,824.9 | 0.74x |
| 84 | Warren County | IN | 7,304.7 | 9,824.9 | 0.74x |
| 85 | Whitley County | IN | 7,297.8 | 9,824.9 | 0.74x |
| 86 | Perry County | IN | 6,978.6 | 9,824.9 | 0.71x |
| 87 | Ohio County | IN | 6,928 | 9,824.9 | 0.71x |
| 88 | Dubois County | IN | 6,416.5 | 9,824.9 | 0.65x |
| 89 | LaGrange County | IN | 6,290.5 | 9,824.9 | 0.64x |
| 90 | Boone County | IN | 6,188.6 | 9,824.9 | 0.63x |
| 91 | Hendricks County | IN | 6,172.2 | 9,824.9 | 0.63x |
| 92 | Hamilton County | IN | 4,761.2 | 9,824.9 | 0.48x |