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Show PUBLIC HEALTH REPORT CARD UTAH Statistic Utah's Quartile in Table 72 Rank which Utah falls MEDICAL CARE ACCESS Population Uninsured 13% 24 Primary Care Physicians Per Capita 4.5 46 Adequate Prenatal Care 84.1% 3 2nd Population Without Access to Primary Care 4.2% 22 Ratio of Medicaid Recipients to Poor People 0.68 24 Medicaid Spending Per Capita $130.24 33 HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT Pollution Standard Index 128 44 Unsafe Drinking Water 52% 49 4th Fluoridated Water 2.5% 50 Work-Related Injury Cases 10.6 26 HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS Average Public Assistance Payment Per Family $352 23 Cigarette Tax Per Pack $0.27 19 Motor Vehicle Deaths Per 100,000 Miles 2.0 21 Violent Crime Rate 259 11 1st Education Spending Per Capita $1,073.21 10 Childhood Poverty Rate 11.5% 3 Graduation Rate 79.9% 10 Unemployment Rate 4.80% 5 HEALTHY BEHAVIORS Seat Belt Non-Use 30.5% 31 Obesity Rate 19.4% 5 1st Smoking Rate 15.3% 1 Binge Drinking Rate 10.5% 13 COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICE Government Health Spending Per Capita $82.86 12 2nd Sanitation and Sewerage Spending Per Capita $64.36 37 Public Health Workers Per Capita 11.2 30 Source: American Public Health Association. (1992). America's Public Health Report Card. Washington, D.C.: Author, p. 50. 62 PUBLIC HEALTH |