LaGrange County is classified as rural. LaGrange has a full county medical shortage area designation. The unemployment rate above is a 1998 12-month average. The July 1999 unemployment rate was 3.0. The above categories are not mutually exclusive.
People frequently rotate on and off different types of insurance as life factors change.
193 Injuries were the leading cause of death for Indiana residents 1-4 years of age, regardless of race. 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. Fifteen percent of the births to women of all ages in LaGrange County were to unmarried women.