The leading county employment categories are manufacturing, government and retail trade. 25 Unemployment, poverty and high school dropout rates were higher in Henry County than the State as a whole. The unemployment rate above is a 1998 12-month average. The July 1999 unemployment rate increased to 4.8 for Henry County, while the State rate decreased to 2.5. The above categories are not mutually exclusive.
People frequently rotate on and off different types of insurance as life factors change.
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. The infant mortality rate for Henry County cannot be compared to the State or National rates because the number of births within the county was so low. The rates were determined using data from public health departments and did not include private physician offices.