A recently released study is ranking Indiana counties for public health factors.

The study by the Population Health Institute found that Indiana’s rate for children in poverty is slightly lower than the rest of the nation, but there’s a large range per county, from five percent to 29 percent. Bartholomew County showed 15 percent of its children in poverty, below the state average of 19 percent.

The study says residents of Hamilton County are healthiest and the unhealthiest county is Fayette County. In area counties, Brown County came in fifth and Johnson County eighth. Bartholomew, Decatur and Shelby counties were all in the 40s. Jackson County came in 57th and Jennings County came in 82nd of Indiana’s 92 counties.

The study looks at about 30 public health factors such as employment, education, substance abuse, environment quality, and sexual activity. Researchers say the rate of teen births in Indiana counties is slightly higher than the nation. Bartholomew County had a teen birth rate of 41, well above the state rate of 30.

The rate of residents without health insurance in Indiana ranged between six and 26 percent. Bartholomew County had an uninsured rate of 10 percent.

For more information, you can check the complete Bartholomew County report here. 

TTWN Media Networks contributed to this report