Deaths 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 % Change Indiana 53,285 53,015 52,927 53,053 52,387 52,082 49,847 50,174 49,485 7.7% Adams 272 272 281 297 279 258 240 236 254 7.1% Allen 2,472 2,540 2,466 2,425 2,476 2,526 2,452 2,389 2,433 1.6% Bartholomew 585 601 582 585 551 578 544 485 526 11.2% Benton 93 83 115 97 88 102 103 106 87 6.9% Blackford 176 142 176 146 156 180 149 168 144 22.2% Boone 392 423 381 376 389 366 362 336 353 11.0% Brown 117 120 126 123 92 95 118 94 104 12.5% Carroll 188 193 177 161 176 171 163 146 172 9.3% Cass 419 382 398 436 448 414 408 416 374 12.0% Clark 924 938 938 919 908 905 866 858 842 9.7% Clay 276 270 310 329 311 303 262 274 304 -9.2% Clinton 374 367 386 368 324 379 326 350 324 15.4% Crawford 112 109 90 115 106 112 109 111 118 -5.1% Daviess 322 291 285 333 298 287 309 290 294 9.5% Dearborn 342 392 353 363 352 310 338 372 317 7.9% Decatur 227 231 240 224 249 238 189 250 224 1.3% Dekalb 342 338 327 331 302 307 293 302 269 27.1% Delaware 1,118 1,148 1,157 1,173 1,125 1,185 1,052 1,065 1,072 4.3% Dubois 331 345 317 328 300 326 313 319 301 10.0% Elkhart 1,356 1,320 1,316 1,314 1,289 1,357 1,196 1,173 1,137 19.3% Fayette 291 274 297 309 274 285 246 256 248 17.3% Floyd 630 615 635 580 665 609 611 611 602 4.7% Fountain 229 228 222 186 214 195 192 198 192 19.3% Franklin 173 157 199 174 140 155 128 151 140 23.6% Fulton 202 205 224 223 207 201 207 178 182 11.0% Gibson 321 311 364 337 339 321 359 365 343 -6.4% Grant 804 775 791 825 736 758 731 730 777 3.5% Greene 391 330 315 324 342 360 353 334 340 15.0% Hamilton 798 786 788 729 756 683 657 685 583 36.9% Hancock 450 427 403 391 389 351 400 325 358 25.7% Harrison 279 242 266 271 250 256 216 259 222 25.7% Hendricks 655 651 626 604 591 549 515 553 524 25.0% Henry 527 509 550 527 505 527 465 496 513 2.7% Howard 776 766 731 699 716 749 719 737 668 16.2% Huntington 362 388 361 363 340 368 341 331 373 -2.9% Jackson 411 404 404 390 395 404 389 351 348 18.1% Jasper 261 219 241 240 236 203 214 219 213 22.5% Jay 236 247 226 234 213 231 197 226 216 9.3% Jefferson 295 322 323 310 331 327 312 305 322 -8.4% Jennings 245 239 236 210 212 227 192 226 190 28.9% Johnson 830 829 923 825 779 746 766 714 745 11.4% Knox 471 471 443 516 446 468 448 483 475 -0.8% Kosciusko 578 619 517 560 561 546 495 486 549 5.3% Lagrange 220 193 204 220 219 201 202 190 197 11.7% Lake 4,631 4,562 4,514 4,784 4,619 4,620 4,590 4,666 4,378 5.8% LaPorte 1,008 980 1,080 994 1,040 1,047 967 1,027 941 7.1% Lawrence 472 494 496 503 449 495 460 471 442 6.8% Madison 1,387 1,393 1,384 1,385 1,337 1,411 1,286 1,277 1,219 13.8% Marion 7,583 7,527 7,646 7,582 7,517 7,327 7,111 7,173 7,065 7.3% Marshall 368 400 388 418 384 381 387 368 376 -2.1% Martin 107 103 107 108 111 100 107 108 91 17.6% Miami 313 333 315 292 295 326 281 298 322 -2.8% Monroe 679 692 672 662 674 658 589 596 571 18.9% Montgomery 359 385 377 368 362 376 372 358 317 13.2% Morgan 494 514 479 520 518 451 458 436 413 19.6% Newton 132 129 108 147 150 145 115 140 125 5.6% Noble 349 366 355 304 363 341 331 303 332 5.1% Ohio 53 66 68 53 53 51 47 37 48 10.4% Orange 226 218 179 199 235 206 173 226 203 11.3% Owen 183 187 189 177 168 137 158 173 154 18.8% Parke 164 153 161 180 193 183 186 192 148 10.8% Perry 196 185 192 192 178 195 207 186 194 1.0% Pike 154 132 133 149 133 144 128 122 156 -1.3% Porter 1,095 1,098 984 1,064 962 977 867 906 916 19.5% Posey 226 234 220 181 238 220 218 238 191 18.3% Pulaski 157 119 149 153 157 150 148 141 140 12.1% Putnam 276 285 265 286 311 246 252 272 302 -8.6% Randolph 285 299 304 275 285 316 251 297 319 -10.7% Ripley 289 237 245 260 269 252 230 243 241 19.9% Rush 188 218 196 190 179 170 171 190 170 10.6% St. Joseph 2,449 2,333 2,418 2,350 2,350 2,384 2,250 2,250 2,377 3.0% Scott 214 216 235 245 225 219 222 209 209 2.4% Shelby 392 369 354 410 359 349 330 404 364 7.7% Spencer 145 194 184 195 181 213 192 178 184 -21.2% Starke 272 251 231 254 253 237 243 252 246 10.6% Steuben 292 286 252 236 248 261 262 232 250 16.8% Sullivan 239 279 265 256 263 233 252 262 257 -7.0% Switzerland 81 89 91 117 85 93 68 72 79 2.5% Tippecanoe 890 946 884 980 933 970 941 953 906 -1.8% Tipton 174 146 159 172 154 176 149 157 149 16.8% Union 57 62 70 86 77 56 48 64 49 16.3% Vanderburgh 1,885 1,856 1,886 1,822 1,893 1,821 1,831 1,757 1,804 4.5% Vermillion 185 194 228 199 249 244 196 207 242 -23.6% Vigo 1,100 1,153 1,193 1,181 1,170 1,187 1,145 1,117 1,135 -3.1% Wabash 380 355 373 393 423 344 358 380 368 3.3% Warren 74 78 96 87 80 85 77 88 79 -6.3% Warrick 427 370 343 357 385 359 336 305 362 18.0% Washington 261 249 251 246 268 257 222 250 216 20.8% Wayne 784 780 754 772 778 758 748 753 776 1.0% Wells 251 291 225 245 267 274 250 205 203 23.6% White 235 225 252 252 253 250 232 247 251 -6.4% Whitley 251 272 267 282 238 268 258 239 236 6.4% Source: Indiana State Department of Health Indiana Business Research Center