Show Section UtahHealth Status This section of the Review includes several mortality and morbidity indicators comparing Utah with the United States Trends are uncovered by collecting and examining data overperiod of several years When relevant the data are broken down by gender This makes it possible to target groups that are currently at greater risk and formulate more specific solutions Mortality indicators are covered first followed by morbidity indicators Utah fares well when compared to the United States aswhole for nearly all mortality and morbidity indicators but there are some notable exceptions Utah hashigher mortality rate than does the United States for prostate cancer diabetes mellitus and suicide including adolescent suicide Utah has mortality rates similar to the United States for pneumonia influenza and female breast cancer Utah ranks third in the nation for Health Status in 2000 With the exception of its 1999 ranking of sixth Utah has always ranked among the top five states Among the 50 states Utah has the lowest prevalence of smoking with 14percent of the population the lowest risk for heart disease at 20 percent below the national average the fewest limited activity days with7 days per month and the fewest cancer cases with 239cases per 100 000 population Utah ranks among the top ten states in five other measures as well Since 1999 high school graduation has increased from 77to 82percent of incoming ninth graders and infectious disease has dropped from 43to 25cases per 100 000 population Since 1990 adequacy of prenatal care has fallen from 724 to 65percent of pregnant women receiving adequate care although infant mortality has remained among the lowest in the nation Source United Health Group State Health Rankings Relaive Healthiness 2000 Ed State by state Snapshots Self-Perceived Health Status Compiled by Doug Boudreaux Insurvey conducted by the Utah Department of Health Bureau of Health Promotion and Risk Prevention Table 23 fewer Utahns selfreported their health as excellent more reported their health as very good The percentage of Utahns rating their health status as fair or poor rose in 1995 and then fell in 1996 The smaller sample size in this survey may account for any slight changes that are found over the years because the data are more sensitive to random variations Table 25 Self-Perceived Health Status 6 8 by Percent of Respondents Utah 1995-1999 Utah Utah Utah Utah Utah Response 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 33 33 33 32 32 Poor Fair 95 8 8 285 279 281 281 277 Good 344 336 341 342 eryGood 340 227 236 236 239 Excellent 24Source Utah 1999 Utah Department of Health Bureau of Health Promotion and Risk Prevention 1993 Behavioral Risk Faclor Surveilance System 1994 1995 1996 S National Center for Health Statistics 1998 Health Uni States 1996-1997 CD Hyattsville MD Public Health Services 181 79 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |