Marshall County saw mixed results with its annual health rankings. The 2021 County Health Rankings were released earlier this spring by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin’s Population Health Institute.
Marshall County improved when it came to health outcomes like length and quality of life. It came in 21st out of Indiana’s 92 counties, up from 24th last year. Marshall County residents were more likely to live to age 75 than Hoosiers in general.
But the county’s ranking dropped three places when it came to health factors – which include everything from health behaviors and education levels, to air quality and access to health care – coming in at 64th. According to data from 2017, 43 percent of the county’s adults were considered obese, and a third reported no leisure-time physical activity.
