Portions of downtown Evansville are designed as medically underserved, as well as a special homeless population shortage designation. 25 Unemployment, poverty and high school dropout rates were somewhat higher in Vanderburgh County than the State as a whole. The unemployment rate above is the 1998 12-month average. The July 1999 unemployment rate was 2.6 for the county, with a State rate of 2.5. The above categories are not mutually exclusive.
People frequently rotate on and off different types of insurance as life factors change.
1,856 Injuries were the leading cause of death for Indiana residents 1-4 years of age, regardless of race. A poll of 800 households in Vanderburgh County determined that residents believed the most modifiable contributors to health problems were lack of exercise, obesity and tobacco use. High cholesterol levels were also reported as a common contributor. 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.