Leading Causes of Death by County for 1999 TotalHeart Diseas% of Tota Cancer% of Tota Indiana 54761 22083 40.33% 12788 23.35% Adams 245 125 51.02% 32 13.06% Allen 2681 1010 37.67% 657 24.51% Bartholomew 632 226 35.76% 163 25.79% Benton 109 52 47.71% 27 24.77% Blackford 152 62 40.79% 32 21.05% Boone 380 139 36.58% 92 24.21% Brown 122 41 33.61% 33 27.05% Carroll 194 77 39.69% 39 20.10% Cass 417 184 44.12% 92 22.06% Clark 938 405 43.18% 218 23.24% Clay 298 124 41.61% 80 26.85% Clinton 384 186 48.44% 85 22.14% Crawford 97 35 36.08% 23 23.71% Daviess 318 140 44.03% 62 19.50% Dearborn 346 123 35.55% 93 26.88% Decatur 239 98 41.00% 58 24.27% Dekalb 342 129 37.72% 84 24.56% Delaware 1125 447 39.73% 247 21.96% Dubois 379 192 50.66% 78 20.58% Elkhart 1405 591 42.06% 303 21.57% Fayette 302 133 44.04% 66 21.85% Floyd 699 315 45.06% 156 22.32% Fountain 212 82 38.68% 57 26.89% Franklin 137 58 42.34% 26 18.98% Fulton 193 92 47.67% 51 26.42% Gibson 350 155 44.29% 71 20.29% Grant 766 300 39.16% 190 24.80% Greene 331 146 44.11% 77 23.26% Hamilton 872 329 37.73% 194 22.25% Hancock 403 167 41.44% 97 24.07% Harrison 291 135 46.39% 71 24.40% Hendricks 685 240 35.04% 175 25.55% Henry 503 185 36.78% 125 24.85% Howard 841 333 39.60% 193 22.95% Huntington 384 168 43.75% 78 20.31% Jackson 402 164 40.80% 92 22.89% Jasper 258 106 41.09% 53 20.54% Jay 231 94 40.69% 49 21.21% Jefferson 330 136 41.21% 79 23.94% Jennings 229 86 37.55% 53 23.14% Johnson 913 364 39.87% 222 24.32% Knox 484 233 48.14% 99 20.45% Kosciusko 616 233 37.82% 156 25.32% Lagrange 216 90 41.67% 49 22.69% Lake 4613 1805 39.13% 1132 24.54% LaPorte 1033 424 41.05% 255 24.69% Lawrence 454 188 41.41% 106 23.35% Madison 1407 565 40.16% 310 22.03% Marion 7886 2930 37.15% 1833 23.24% Marshall 406 156 38.42% 89 21.92% Martin 114 44 38.60% 35 30.70% Miami 319 137 42.95% 78 24.45% Monroe 728 249 34.20% 199 27.34% Montgomery 393 167 42.49% 85 21.63% Morgan 500 189 37.80% 121 24.20% Newton 133 57 42.86% 29 21.80% Noble 401 171 42.64% 103 25.69% Ohio 34 16 47.06% 9 26.47% Orange 218 95 43.58% 54 24.77% Owen 176 75 42.61% 32 18.18% Parke 155 63 40.65% 35 22.58% Perry 197 92 46.70% 47 23.86% Pike 141 69 48.94% 30 21.28% Porter 1097 423 38.56% 285 25.98% Posey 221 99 44.80% 51 23.08% Pulaski 135 71 52.59% 26 19.26% Putnam 288 133 46.18% 75 26.04% Randolph 278 124 44.60% 60 21.58% Ripley 244 104 42.62% 55 22.54% Rush 216 94 43.52% 45 20.83% St. Joseph 2506 997 39.78% 600 23.94% Scott 266 112 42.11% 76 28.57% Shelby 352 148 42.05% 75 21.31% Spencer 178 69 38.76% 40 22.47% Starke 245 96 39.18% 61 24.90% Steuben 294 114 38.78% 65 22.11% Sullivan 246 112 45.53% 44 17.89% Switzerland 73 37 50.68% 11 15.07% Tippecanoe 1076 462 42.94% 248 23.05% Tipton 169 79 46.75% 37 21.89% Union 54 22 40.74% 11 20.37% Vanderburgh 1897 791 41.70% 420 22.14% Vermillion 196 95 48.47% 44 22.45% Vigo 1246 556 44.62% 277 22.23% Wabash 387 160 41.34% 82 21.19% Warren 89 32 35.96% 20 22.47% Warrick 431 188 43.62% 83 19.26% Washington 249 119 47.79% 63 25.30% Wayne 794 308 38.79% 203 25.57% Wells 264 106 40.15% 62 23.48% White 242 99 40.91% 57 23.55% Whitley 269 111 41.26% 53 19.70% Source: Indiana State Department of Health Indiana Business Research Center