The county does not have a medical shortage area designation. 25 Unemployment and poverty rates were lower in Kosciusko County than the State as a whole, while the high school dropout rate was much higher. The unemployment rate above is a 1998 12-month average. The July 1999 unemployment rate was 1.9. The above categories are not mutually exclusive.
People frequently rotate on and off different types of insurance as life factors change.
619 Injuries were the leading cause of death for Indiana residents 1-4 years of age, regardless of race. Thirteen people died from Alzheimer's. Nearly one-third of Indiana residents were considered obese. After age 45, obese respondents were much more likely to be diagnosed with diabetes than those who were not obese. Three percent of the binge and chronic drinkers reported having driven after having too much to drink.