The county unemployment rate above is a 1998 12-month average. The July 1999 unemployment rate was 3.9. The number of people at or below the poverty level was much lower than both the State and Nation. The high school dropout rate was much higher than the State rate. The above categories are not mutually exclusive.
People frequently rotate on and off different types of insurance as life factors change.
272 Injuries were the leading cause of death for Indiana residents 1-4 years of age, regardless of race. In Whitley County, there were 19 unintentional injury deaths in 1997. There were 2 homicides in the county and another 6 intentional injury deaths by suicide. 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.