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Show Socioeconomic Status The following table details some economic characteristics by local health department and county. Further information as well as Utah-U.S. comparisons of the categories listed follow in the Demographics and Health Care Costs, Access, and Quality sections of this Review. Data by health department and county offer a broader perspective than Utah averages alone can provide. These data point out that economic disparities exist within the state. For example, the percentage of those living in poverty in 1990 varied from a low of 8% in Davis County to a high of 36% in San Juan County. Per capita income in Summit County was nearly two and a half times larger than in San Juan County. Unemployment rates ranged from 1.5% in Daggett County to 11.5% in Piute County. The percentage of those eligible for Medicaid and of those who actually used it varied from the state average, as did the percentage of those who had no health insurance. Table 8. Socioeconomic Characteristics by Local Health Department/County, 1990 % Per Capita %No Local Health Dept Unemp Personal % Below %Medicaid # Medicaid %Medicaid Health County loved Income Poverty Eligible1 Recipients Recipients2 Insurance Bear River 4.0 $13,010 12.6 - - - 8.5 Box Elder 4.4 14,210 9.0 3.9 1,396 3.8 - Cache 3.9 12,530 14.5 4.2 2,865 4.1 - Rich 2.2 14,500 13.0 2.4 52 3.0 -- Central 6.5 11,300 13.8 - - - 13.8 Juab 6.4 10,920 16.0 6.4 666 11.4 - Millard 4.2 12,430 13.0 5.2 562 4.9 - Piute 11.5 10,900 16.0 3.8 72 5.6 - Sanpete 9.0 10,720 15.0 5.9 917 5.6 _ Sevier 5.5 11,470 12.0 7.8 1,146 7.4 Wayne 7.6 9,700 15.0 4.2 41 1.9 - Davis 4.1 13,380 8.0 4.0 6,106 3.2 7.7 Salt Lake 3.8 15,740 10.5 6.1 40,114 5.5 9.2 Southeastern 7.1 12,190 20.9 .. - - 14.0 Carbon 6.4 15,150 16.0 9.5 1,781 8.8 - Emery 7.9 10,780 16.0 7.4 708 6.8 - Grand 7.2 13,670 15.0 9.1 427 6.5 - San Juan 7.5 7,810 36.0 20.0 1,146 9.1 Southwestern 4.7 11,570 13.5 _. - - 14.9 Beaver 4.8 11,280 15.0 5.5 333 7.0 - Garfield 10.4 12,750 15.0 3.6 135 3.4 - Iron 4.5 11,280 13.0 7.0 1,323 6.4 - Kane 6.0 11,440 13.0 4.4 166 3.2 - Washington 4.3 11,630 13.5 6.1 3,136 6.5 -- Summit 5.7 19,250 9.0 1.9 291 1.9 12.5 Tooele 5.3 14,190 10.0 5.7 1,354 10.0 5.6 Uintah Basin 6.7 11,750 15.3 - - - 18.9 Daggett 1.5 17,110 13.0 15.8 125 18.1 - Duchesne 8.0 12,210 16.0 12.0 1,021 8.1 - Uintah 6.3 11,310 15.0 7.7 1,458 6.6 - Utah County 3.7 11,750 14.5 5.4 25,458 9.7 8.9 Wasatch 6.6 12,190 13.0 6.0 614 6.1 11.7 Weber/Morgan - - - ~ - - 6.7 Morgan 5.9 14,710 10.0 1.0 31 0.6 - Weber 5.4 15,600 11.0 7.6 10,764 6.8 - State of Utah 4.3 14,083 11.72 6.0 104,208 6.1 9.5 1 People who were eligible to receive services in October 1990. 2 People who received services in FY 1990. Utah's Health: An Annual Review 1996 39 |
