Health and Vital Statistics Deaths -- 1997 Total Rate per 1000 Heart Disease % of Tot Cancer % of Total INDIANA 53015 9.04 16621 31.35% 12335 23.27% ADAMS 272 8.30 90 33.09% 52 19.12% ALLEN 2540 8.14 792 31.18% 652 25.67% BARTHOLOMEW 601 8.72 200 33.28% 126 20.97% BENTON 83 8.59 25 30.12% 19 22.89% BLACKFORD 142 10.14 49 34.51% 30 21.13% BOONE 423 9.84 133 31.44% 94 22.22% BROWN 120 7.70 39 32.50% 23 19.17% CARROLL 193 9.70 58 30.05% 40 20.73% CASS 382 9.89 122 31.94% 83 21.73% CLARK 938 10.06 304 32.41% 212 22.60% CLAY 270 10.19 77 28.52% 66 24.44% CLINTON 367 11.06 125 34.06% 76 20.71% CRAWFORD 109 10.45 29 26.61% 29 26.61% DAVIESS 291 10.08 102 35.05% 64 21.99% DEARBORN 392 8.45 108 27.55% 94 23.98% DECATUR 231 9.11 81 35.06% 49 21.21% DEKALB 338 8.69 107 31.66% 77 22.78% DELAWARE 1148 9.77 371 32.32% 258 22.47% DUBOIS 345 8.83 125 36.23% 82 23.77% ELKHART 1320 7.73 402 30.45% 290 21.97% FAYETTE 274 10.48 96 35.04% 56 20.44% FLOYD 615 8.60 189 30.73% 169 27.48% FOUNTAIN 228 12.52 63 27.63% 59 25.88% FRANKLIN 157 7.31 60 38.22% 34 21.66% FULTON 205 10.05 73 35.61% 49 23.90% GIBSON 311 9.72 111 35.69% 66 21.22% GRANT 775 10.64 260 33.55% 193 24.90% GREENE 330 9.98 125 37.88% 70 21.21% HAMILTON 786 5.07 250 31.81% 169 21.50% HANCOCK 427 8.03 125 29.27% 109 25.53% HARRISON 242 7.10 69 28.51% 55 22.73% HENDRICKS 651 7.05 178 27.34% 161 24.73% HENRY 509 10.41 178 34.97% 119 23.38% HOWARD 766 9.14 215 28.07% 194 25.33% HUNTINGTON 388 10.45 123 31.70% 87 22.42% JACKSON 404 9.89 122 30.20% 92 22.77% JASPER 219 7.62 79 36.07% 56 25.57% JAY 247 11.39 83 33.60% 65 26.32% JEFFERSON 322 10.27 106 32.92% 61 18.94% JENNINGS 239 8.78 62 25.94% 62 25.94% JOHNSON 829 7.78 270 32.57% 198 23.88% KNOX 471 11.83 152 32.27% 102 21.66% KOSCIUSKO 619 8.79 185 29.89% 132 21.32% LAGRANGE 193 5.87 56 29.02% 42 21.76% LAKE 4562 9.53 1452 31.83% 1106 24.24% LAPORTE 980 8.99 326 33.27% 224 22.86% LAWRENCE 494 10.86 156 31.58% 108 21.86% MADISON 1393 10.54 394 28.28% 347 24.91% MARION 7527 9.24 2137 28.39% 1742 23.14% MARSHALL 400 8.83 142 35.50% 88 22.00% MARTIN 103 9.75 26 25.24% 31 30.10% MIAMI 333 10.02 94 28.23% 78 23.42% MONROE 692 5.93 192 27.75% 161 23.27% MONTGOMERY 385 10.60 122 31.69% 85 22.08% MORGAN 514 7.94 156 30.35% 120 23.35% NEWTON 129 8.78 40 31.01% 29 22.48% NOBLE 366 8.72 124 33.88% 80 21.86% OHIO 66 12.13 18 27.27% 22 33.33% ORANGE 218 11.24 67 30.73% 54 24.77% OWEN 187 9.23 81 43.32% 46 24.60% PARKE 153 9.31 56 36.60% 34 22.22% PERRY 185 9.59 74 40.00% 28 15.14% PIKE 132 10.32 43 32.58% 25 18.94% PORTER 1098 7.62 309 28.14% 284 25.87% POSEY 234 8.83 78 33.33% 55 23.50% PULASKI 119 9.02 45 37.82% 24 20.17% PUTNAM 285 8.45 96 33.68% 61 21.40% RANDOLPH 299 10.86 110 36.79% 69 23.08% RIPLEY 237 8.73 76 32.07% 49 20.68% RUSH 218 11.86 70 32.11% 48 22.02% ST. JOSEPH 2333 9.04 696 29.83% 583 24.99% SCOTT 216 9.46 77 35.65% 40 18.52% SHELBY 369 8.54 125 33.88% 75 20.33% SPENCER 194 9.35 70 36.08% 42 21.65% STARKE 251 10.58 85 33.86% 53 21.12% STEUBEN 286 9.22 112 39.16% 62 21.68% SULLIVAN 279 14.41 83 29.75% 63 22.58% SWITZERLAND 89 10.27 26 29.21% 19 21.35% TIPPECANOE 946 6.84 290 30.66% 200 21.14% TIPTON 146 8.87 52 35.62% 35 23.97% UNION 62 8.47 15 24.19% 24 38.71% VANDERBURGH 1856 11.10 611 32.92% 423 22.79% VERMILLION 194 11.43 88 45.36% 47 24.23% VIGO 1153 10.95 346 30.01% 273 23.68% WABASH 355 10.25 133 37.46% 63 17.75% WARREN 78 9.54 25 32.05% 21 26.92% WARRICK 370 7.27 125 33.78% 100 27.03% WASHINGTON 249 9.17 90 36.14% 51 20.48% WAYNE 780 10.88 258 33.08% 181 23.21% WELLS 291 10.88 95 32.65% 53 18.21% WHITE 225 8.97 73 32.44% 55 24.44% WHITLEY 272 9.06 93 34.19% 58 21.32% Data source: Indiana State Department of Health File source: STATS Indiana June 1999