The gaming industry is a major new employer in the area. The unemployment rate above is a 1998 12-month average. The July 1999 unemployment rate was 2.5. The high school dropout rate was lower 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.
In Dearborn County, there were 31 unintentional injury deaths in 1997. There were 2 homicides in the county. 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.